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Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual monument complex located in Yorkshire. The site comprises multiple round barrows arranged in association with a segmented embanked pit alignment, a distinctive linear earthwork feature characteristic of later Bronze Age ritual landscapes. The barrows represent burial structures from the Bronze Age period, whilst the pit alignment consists of a series of individual pits connected by banks, reflecting ceremonial or territorial functions typical of Bronze Age monument construction. The monument survives as an important example of the integrated funerary and ritual land use patterns that characterised Bronze Age Yorkshire communities.
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 Bronze Age funerary and ritual 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.