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Kitty Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and represents a form of elite burial practice characteristic of the second millennium BCE. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods indicative of the deceased's status. The site's preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in Yorkshire.
Kitty Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007837. View the official record →
Kitty Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007837.
Kitty Hill round barrow 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 1007837.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Archbishop's moated palace and fishponds, Hall Garth. (2.4 km), Round barrow 400m north east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (3.5 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kitty Hill round barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kitty Hill round barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.