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Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire. The site comprises multiple round barrows, earthworks characteristic of funerary and ceremonial practices spanning the later Neolithic through Bronze Age periods. The segmented embanked pit alignment represents a distinctive form of linear earthwork, possibly serving territorial, ceremonial, or land division functions typical of Bronze Age Yorkshire. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of ritual landscape use and settlement patterns in prehistoric Yorkshire.
Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020351. View the official record →
Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020351.
Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment 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 1020351.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm (7.1 km), Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House (7.3 km), Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm (7.5 km).
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