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Five Hills round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork formed as a circular mound, typical of round barrow construction practised during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial monuments, reflecting the funerary practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in northern England. The site remains significant as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary ritual in the Yorkshire landscape.
Five Hills round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010542. View the official record →
Five Hills round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010542.
Five Hills round barrow 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 1010542.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Giles medieval hospital, post-medieval farmstead and Iron Age occupation site immediately north of St Giles Farm (7 km), Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House (7.2 km), Cataractonium Roman forts and town (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Five Hills round barrow'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.
Five Hills round barrow stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.