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Loose Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as prominent funerary monuments for individuals of status within their communities. The barrow's form and construction typify the round barrow tradition prevalent across the Yorkshire landscape during the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled monument, Loose Howe represents an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in northern England.
Loose Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018989. View the official record →
Loose Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018989.
Loose Howe 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 1018989.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rudland Close monastic grange, 750m south east of Saddle Stone (7.2 km), Ana Cross round barrow and wayside cross (7.4 km), High Snapes ring cairn, 670m north east of Spaunton Lodge (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Loose Howe 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.
Loose Howe round barrow stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.