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Brecken Howe round barrow

England
List entry 1019378
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019378
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SE 90876 95988
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Brecken Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as an earthen mound typical of burial structures erected during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as the primary form of monumental funerary architecture in Britain. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1019378, indicating its recognition as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological importance. Such barrows are significant sources of evidence for understanding Bronze Age burial practices, social hierarchy, and material culture in the Yorkshire region.

Brecken Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019378. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Brecken Howe round barrow?

Brecken Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019378.

Who is responsible for protecting Brecken Howe round barrow?

Brecken 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 1019378.

What other scheduled monuments are near Brecken Howe round barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern section of prehistoric linear boundary with intersecting hollow ways, known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest (9.8 km), Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features (9.9 km), Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm (10 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
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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.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Northern section of prehistoric linear boundary with intersecting hollow ways, known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest
9.8 km
Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features
9.9 km
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm
10 km
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.6km south west of Givendale Head Farm
10 km
Two long barrows 630m and 690m north east of Scamridge Farm
10 km
Round barrow on East Moor, 640m north of East Moor Farm
10 km
Southern section of prehistoric linear boundary known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest
10 km
Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Brecken Howe round barrow

Brecken Howe round barrow stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Brecken Howe round barrow

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