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Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a round barrow, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, which would have originally served as a prominent burial mound for an individual of status within the local community. Associated with the barrow is a wayside cross, a later medieval or post-medieval addition to the landscape, which may have marked the site as a notable local landmark. The combination of prehistoric burial monument and later cross demonstrates how ancient sites were often reused or commemorated across different periods of English history.
Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018976. View the official record →
Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018976.
Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018976.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors (5.3 km), Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (5.7 km), Nutholm cross dyke, 100m south of Appleton Mill Farm (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.