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Hanging Grimston barrow group is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising four bowl barrows situated on Uncleby Stoop in Yorkshire. The barrows represent a typical funerary landscape of the second millennium BC, reflecting the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in the region. The site demonstrates the clustering of burial mounds characteristic of Bronze Age barrow groups, which often accumulated as family or community burial places over successive generations. As a scheduled ancient monument, the barrow group contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and ceremonial practices across the Yorkshire landscape.
Hanging Grimston barrow group: four bowl barrows on Uncleby Stoop is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008474. View the official record →
Hanging Grimston barrow group is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising four bowl barrows situated on Uncleby Stoop in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008474.
Hanging Grimston barrow group: four bowl barrows on Uncleby Stoop 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 1008474.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm (7.4 km), Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm (7.5 km), Round barrow 100m SW of Cobdale Farm (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hanging Grimston barrow group: four bowl barrows on Uncleby Stoop's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Hanging Grimston barrow group: four bowl barrows on Uncleby Stoop stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.