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Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor

England
List entry 1009853
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009853
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 87437 01020
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on Sneaton High Moor in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a rounded earthen barrow typical of bowl barrow form, a common burial structure dating to the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as focal points for ritual activity and the interment of important individuals within prehistoric communities. The site's location on the high moorland reflects the Bronze Age practice of placing burial monuments in prominent, visible locations across the landscape.

Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009853. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor?

Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on Sneaton High Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009853.

Who is responsible for protecting Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor?

Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor 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 1009853.

What other scheduled monuments are near Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum Dike (8.2 km), Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairn (8.5 km), Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features centred 500m north east of High Bride Stones (9 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

Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum Dike
8.2 km
Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairn
8.5 km
Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features centred 500m north east of High Bride Stones
9 km
East Toft Dike: a cross dyke 720m south and 680m south west of Little Marfit Head
9.1 km
Extensive prehistoric and medieval remains on Levisham Moor
9.5 km
Cross dyke on Far Black Rigg, 1060m north west of Black Dale Bridge
9.5 km
Four round barrows 320m east of High Pastures
9.9 km
Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor

Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor

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