Earth circles, cursus, pit alignments and burial sites near Nosterfield and Thornborough, including Centre Hill round barrow

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History & significance

Centre Hill is a Bronze Age round barrow located near Thornborough in North Yorkshire, England. The site forms part of a significant complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in the Nosterfield and Thornborough area, which includes cursuses, pit alignments, and associated burial sites that collectively demonstrate intensive ritual and ceremonial activity spanning several millennia. The barrow itself represents a typical funerary monument of the Bronze Age period, constructed as a burial mound to contain cremated or inhumed remains and serving as a prominent marker in the landscape. The broader monument complex in this region reflects the sustained importance of the Thornborough area as a focal point for ceremonial and mortuary practices from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age.

Earth circles, cursus, pit alignments and burial sites near Nosterfield and Thornborough, including Centre Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004912. View the official record →

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