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Long Grain round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a group of burial mounds characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such monuments served as focal points for ritual deposition and community commemoration. Round barrows of this period typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods including pottery and metalwork that reflect the social status of the interred individual. The monument group represents significant evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire landscape.
Long Grain round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004087. View the official record →
Long Grain round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004087.
Long Grain round barrows 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 1004087.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 350m north west of Grimston Grange (7.2 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 600m north east of Grimston Grange (7.6 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 350m north east of Black Gill Plantation (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long Grain round barrows'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.
Long Grain round barrows stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.