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Siss Cross Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial landscape comprising an enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows situated on a hilltop summit in Yorkshire. The urnfield represents a formal burial ground where cremated remains were deposited in urns within a defined enclosure, a practice characteristic of the later Bronze Age in Britain. The two round barrows positioned nearby reflect an earlier tradition of individual elite burial mounds, indicating the site's use across an extended period of Bronze Age activity. The elevated location and concentrated arrangement of these monuments suggests the site held particular significance as a burial and ritual focus for the Bronze Age communities of the region.
Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018781. View the official record →
Siss Cross Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial landscape comprising an enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows situated on a hilltop summit in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018781.
Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross Hill 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 1018781.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm (7.5 km), Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm (8.2 km), Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm (8.5 km).
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