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Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in South Yorkshire, comprising multiple round barrows distributed across the landscape. The site represents a significant concentration of funerary monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, when such barrow cemeteries served as focal points for elite and community burial practices. The associated cross-dyke, a linear defensive or territorial earthwork, further demonstrates the landscape management and organisation of the Bronze Age population in this upland region. The monuments contribute substantially to understanding settlement patterns and land use in the Pennine uplands during prehistory.
Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018590. View the official record →
Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in South Yorkshire, comprising multiple round barrows distributed across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018590.
Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke 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 1018590.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowell Flat prehistoric field system, 350m south east of Mortimer House (2.5 km), Wayside cross on Bradfield Moor known as New Cross (4.1 km), Bailey Hill motte and bailey castle, High Bradfield (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.