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Louven Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow situated in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound that forms part of the archaeological landscape of the region, representing the burial practices and ceremonial traditions of prehistoric communities. Round barrows of this type typically date from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, spanning roughly from 4000 to 1000 BCE, and serve as important evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary customs in northern England.
Louven Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004903. View the official record →
Louven Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004903.
Louven 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 1004903.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low Moor (9.7 km), Round barrow on Ebberston Low Moor, 200m north west of Ebberston Common House (9.7 km), Round barrow on Newclose Rigg, 690m south west of Adder Stone (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Louven 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.
Louven Howe round barrow stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.