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Black Howe is a round barrow of Bronze Age date situated in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a circular burial mound and forms part of the broader funerary landscape characteristic of the Bronze Age period in northern England. As a surviving example of prehistoric burial practice, it contributes to our understanding of ritual and social structures in the second millennium before the present era.
Black Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019777. View the official record →
Black Howe is a round barrow of Bronze Age date situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019777.
Black Howe round barrow 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 1019777.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle (6.4 km), Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post (6.6 km), St Nicholas' medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Black Howe round barrow'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.
Black Howe round barrow stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.