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Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm

England
List entry 1016053
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016053
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
TA 02810 46574
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The barrow 400 metres south-east of Station Farm is an Iron Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a funerary practice characteristic of the later prehistoric period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals or small communities. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork, though like many such monuments in the region it has been subject to later agricultural use and modification over the centuries. As a scheduled monument under national heritage protection, it contributes to the archaeological record of Iron Age settlement and burial practices in Yorkshire.

Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016053. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm?

The barrow 400 metres south-east of Station Farm is an Iron Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016053.

Who is responsible for protecting Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm?

Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm 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 1016053.

What other scheduled monuments are near Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square barrow on Westwood Common, 230m north west of Blackmill (7.4 km), Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill (7.5 km), Hall Garth moated site south of Beverley Minster (7.5 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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Square barrow on Westwood Common, 230m north west of Blackmill
7.4 km
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill
7.5 km
Hall Garth moated site south of Beverley Minster
7.5 km
Square barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north west of Blackmill
7.5 km
Group of four square barrows on Westwood Common, 200m north west of Blackmill
7.5 km
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 50m north of Blackmill
7.5 km
Oval barrow on Westwood Common, 55m north west of Blackmill
7.6 km
Square barrow on Westwood Common, 50m west of Blackmill
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm

Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm

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