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Northern is a round barrow, one of four Bronze Age burial mounds collectively known as Three Howes, located in Yorkshire, England. The monument forms part of a significant Bronze Age ceremonial and burial landscape, with the group representing an important concentration of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. Round barrows of this period typically served as burial chambers for individuals of status and their grave goods, reflecting the social hierarchies and ritual practices of Bronze Age communities. The site remains archaeologically valuable as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in northern England.
Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018991. View the official record →
Northern is a round barrow, one of four Bronze Age burial mounds collectively known as Three Howes, located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018991.
Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes 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 1018991.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors (6.6 km), Cropton Hall Garth: a motte and bailey castle including later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond (6.8 km), Standing cross in churchyard of St Gregory's Church at Cropton (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes'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.
Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.