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Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange

England
List entry 1008481
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008481
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SE 81233 60691
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hanging Grimston barrow group is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-west of Thixendale Grange in Yorkshire. The site comprises a bowl barrow, the characteristic mound form of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern England, dating to the second millennium before Christ. The barrow represents the archaeological evidence of ritual burial practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age period in the Yorkshire Wolds region. As a surviving earthwork monument, it contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and mortuary practices in this landscape.

Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008481. View the official record →

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What is Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange?

Hanging Grimston barrow group is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-west of Thixendale Grange in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008481.

Who is responsible for protecting Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange?

Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange 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 1008481.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm (8.2 km), Round barrow 360m south-west of High Barn Farm (8.3 km), Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm (8.4 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.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm
8.2 km
Round barrow 360m south-west of High Barn Farm
8.3 km
Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm
8.4 km
Round barrow 100m SW of Cobdale Farm
8.6 km
Section of linear boundary dyke between Sylvan Dale and Warren Farm, north west of Coldwold Farm
8.9 km
Cross base and shaft and cross base at St Margaret's Church
9 km
Three round barrows 110m east of Coldwold Farm
9.4 km
Bolton Old Hall moated site
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange

Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 650m south west of Thixendale Grange

YorkRoman town · ~14.2 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~17.9 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~6.7 miles
Domesday entry for Grimston, Yorkshire →
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