Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGroup of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor

England
List entry 1004891
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004891
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 86677 04241, NZ 86701 04251, NZ 86722 04254, NZ 86718 04218, NZ 86735 04247, NZ 86751 04248, NZ 86715 04201, NZ 86721 04186, NZ 86667 04186, NZ 86646 04200, NZ 86628 04192, NZ 86648 04180, NZ 86614 04169, NZ 86589 04175, NZ 86595 04158, NZ 86566 04134, NZ 86543 04126
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery situated in North Yorkshire. The monument comprises seventeen burial mounds distributed across the moorland landscape, representing a significant concentration of funerary activity from the Bronze Age period. These tumuli are characteristic of the widespread barrow-building tradition that flourished across the Yorkshire uplands during the second millennium BC, when such earthworks served as focal points for burial and ritual practice within Bronze Age communities. The survival of the group as a coherent archaeological site reflects the relative preservation of upland monuments on Sleights Moor, where subsequent land-use has left the barrows largely undisturbed.

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004891. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor?

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery situated in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004891.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor?

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights 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 1004891.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm (8.7 km), Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm (9.3 km), Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe (9.7 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor

Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor

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