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✦ Historic site
Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairn
48 ha
Getting here
54.32082, -0.64789
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
8
2 named nearby · 6 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Mountain biking
5
5 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Moors to Sea · MTB0
Tabular Hills Walk · Hiking0
The Inn Way · Hiking0
Dalby Forest Back Route · MTB0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Extensive prehistoric and medieval remains on Levisham MoorHistoric site4.9 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park2.6 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate DikesHistoric site1.9 km→✦Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum DikeHistoric site3.2 km→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site3.7 km→✦Part of a warrening enclosure 470m south east of High Rigg FarmHistoric site4.2 km→