By around 2000BCE the character of the site changes noticeably. This is an age in which religious belief is highly visible through the construction of large monuments for gatherings, such as henges & stone and timber circles, the erection of standing-stones and extensive cemeteries that reveal through the interplay of different mortuary traditions, complex and evolving threads of thought amongst communities.
The whole of the knoll at this time appears as a platform for ritual gatherings and interment. At its eastern end a large ditched enclosure with an external bank and opposed entrances (temple/henge) was built, with a substantial single standing stone beyond. So began a long tradition of burial at Gefrin, an extensive cemetery of flat graves and barrow mounds containing both cremations and inhumations, some in small stone-lined cists. Many were accompanied with pottery, the range of types –Beakers, Food Vessels, Food Vessel Urns, Collared Urns and Cordoned Urns, showing it to have been in use over several centuries. Nearby settlement is indicated from the of a pyramidal loom-weight found at the site.
The discovery of what may be Flat-rimmed Ware hints at continued use of the site in the late Bronze Age. It is however possible that by the close of this period, if not before, settlement may have migrated to a more defensive location at the top of Yeavering Bell.