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Breckon Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow located on Sleights Moor in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a burial mound and forms part of the wider archaeological landscape of the North York Moors, where such cairns and barrows reflect prehistoric ritual and funerary practices. As an upland barrow, it is indicative of the use of moorland for burial purposes during the prehistoric period, though specific details of its construction, excavation history, and contents remain limited in the readily available scholarly record. The site is protected as a scheduled monument, recognising its significance to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity in northern England.
'Breckon Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004897. View the official record →
Breckon Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow located on Sleights Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004897.
'Breckon Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor 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 1004897.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point (7.2 km), Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm (7.8 km), Low Woof Howe round barrow (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 'Breckon Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor'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.
'Breckon Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.