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Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm is a Bronze Age or Iron Age archaeological monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a mound composed of burnt stone and charcoal debris, typical of burnt mounds that are distributed across the British Isles and commonly interpreted as the remains of ancient cooking or heating installations. Such monuments, often associated with nearby water sources, are thought to have functioned in food preparation or metalworking activities, though their precise purpose remains subject to scholarly debate. The site is recorded and protected as a nationally important monument of prehistoric heritage significance.
Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017126. View the official record →
Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm is a Bronze Age or Iron Age archaeological monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017126.
Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank 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 1017126.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken Rigg (2.9 km), Medieval farmstead, bloomery, charcoal pits and late prehistoric settlement at Pasture Foot, 300m west of Bleabeck Force (3.4 km), Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.