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Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm

England
List entry 1011275
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011275
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 56631 17930
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Eston Moor is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located 1.4 kilometres north-west of High Barnaby Farm in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped form, characteristic of burial mounds constructed during the prehistoric period. Such monuments were typically raised over individual or collective burials and represent important evidence of ritual and social practices in early British communities. The site's survival on Eston Moor reflects the preservation of prehistoric archaeological features in upland regions, where later agricultural development has been limited.

Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011275. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm?

Bowl barrow on Eston Moor is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located 1.4 kilometres north-west of High Barnaby Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011275.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm?

Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm 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 1011275.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows E of Ayton Bank Farm (6.4 km), Great Ayton Moor round cairns (6.9 km), Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks (6.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrows E of Ayton Bank Farm
6.4 km
Great Ayton Moor round cairns
6.9 km
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks
6.9 km
Tunstall medieval settlement
7 km
Cairnfield at Codhill Slack, 670m north east of Percy Cross, including a ring cairn, round barrow and standing stone
7.1 km
Percy Cross bowl barrow
7.3 km
Percy Cross on Percy Cross Rigg 850m north east of Oak Tree Farm
7.3 km
Cairnfield and two round barrows 500m north west of Sleddale
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm

Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Eston Moor, 1.4km north-west of High Barnaby Farm

CatterickRoman town · ~24.2 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~17.7 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~17.9 miles
Domesday entry for Eston, Yorkshire →
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