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Low Woof Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as mortuary monuments for deceased individuals of elevated social status. The barrow's precise location and condition are documented within the National Heritage List for England under entry reference 1019374, which records it as a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture within the Yorkshire landscape.
Low Woof Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019374. View the official record →
Low Woof Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019374.
Low Woof 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 1019374.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 780m north west of Cockmoor Hall (9.2 km), Warrening enclosure on Flainsey Rigg, 1.45km east of Upper Dalby Wood (9.5 km), Square barrow 480m north east of Cockmoor Hall (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Low Woof 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.
Low Woof Howe round barrow stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.