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Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden, is a prehistoric burial site of Bronze Age date located in West Yorkshire. The monument comprises an urnfield, a form of burial ground characteristic of later Bronze Age communities in northern England, enclosed within a defined boundary. Such urnfield sites represent a significant shift in funerary practice during the Bronze Age, reflecting changes in social organisation and religious belief among contemporary populations. The site's enclosed character and formal arrangement of cremation burials provide evidence for structured communal burial practices during this period of English prehistory.
Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018233. View the official record →
Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden, is a prehistoric burial site of Bronze Age date located in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018233.
Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden 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 1018233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd (2.6 km), Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd (2.7 km), Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.