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Danes Hills square barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located on Crook Moor in Yorkshire. The site comprises a group of square barrows, characteristic funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period that typically date between approximately 2000 and 1500 BCE. Square barrows of this type represent a distinctive regional burial tradition in Yorkshire and the wider northern English landscape, reflecting the ritual practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities. The cemetery's survival as an archaeological monument provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour in the upland regions of northern England.
Danes Hills square barrow cemetery on Crook Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016619. View the official record →
Danes Hills square barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located on Crook Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016619.
Danes Hills square barrow cemetery on Crook 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 1016619.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishpond 140m south of St Helen's Church (1.8 km), Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 810m south of Skipwith Church (2.4 km), Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 800m south east of Adamson Farm (2.6 km).
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