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Low Moor round barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and represents a funerary monument type characteristic of the prehistoric period, when such barrows served as communal or individual burial structures for local populations. The site is designated as a heritage monument reflecting the archaeological significance of prehistoric burial practices in the Yorkshire landscape.
Low Moor round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005790. View the official record →
Low Moor round barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005790.
Low Moor 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 1005790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved rock on bank of How Beck, east of path from West Morton to Riddlesden and 440m south west of Barn House Farm (8.1 km), Cup marked rock adjacent to wall near road from East Morton to West Morton (8.3 km), Cup and groove marked rock between East Morton and West Morton (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Low Moor 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.
Low Moor round barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.