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Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Sycamore Farm in Yorkshire. The site comprises a round barrow, typical of Bronze Age burial practices in northern England, along with an associated cross dyke, which represents a linear earthwork feature of prehistoric date. The barrow would originally have served as a burial mound for an individual of status within Bronze Age society, whilst the cross dyke may have functioned as a territorial or defensive boundary marker. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of regional significance for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use in the Yorkshire landscape.
Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow, 710m north of Sycamore Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018599. View the official record →
Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Sycamore Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018599.
Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow, 710m north of Sycamore Farm 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 1018599.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nutholm cross dyke, 100m south of Appleton Mill Farm (2.7 km), High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors (2.9 km), Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow, 710m north of Sycamore Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow, 710m north of Sycamore Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.