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Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes

England

List entry 1018975

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018975

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.09 hectares

Grid reference

SE 71660 94741

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Eastern is one of four round barrows comprising the monument known as Three Howes, located in Yorkshire, England. The barrows date to the Bronze Age and represent a significant concentration of burial monuments from this period. Eastern, like its associated mounds, would have functioned as a funerary monument, likely constructed to mark the burial of an individual of status within Bronze Age society. The site forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Bronze Age activity in Yorkshire and remains an important indicator of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the region.

Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018975. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes?

Eastern is one of four round barrows comprising the monument known as Three Howes, located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018975.

Who is responsible for protecting Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes?

Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes 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 1018975.

What other scheduled monuments are near Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors (6.4 km), Cropton Hall Garth: a motte and bailey castle including later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond (6.6 km), Standing cross in churchyard of St Gregory's Church at Cropton (6.7 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors

6.4 km

Cropton Hall Garth: a motte and bailey castle including later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond

6.6 km

Standing cross in churchyard of St Gregory's Church at Cropton

6.7 km

Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors

6.8 km

Nutholm cross dyke, 100m south of Appleton Mill Farm

7.6 km

Cawthorne medieval settlement remains 150m north east of West Cawthorne

8 km

Neville Castle, 430m north west of the parish church

8.1 km

Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church

8.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes

Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~18.3 miles Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~24.6 miles

Domesday entry for Lastingham, Yorkshire →

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