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Old Wife's Mound is a round barrow located approximately 750 metres north west of Low Leaf Howe House in Yorkshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a characteristic funerary monument of that period, constructed as an earthen mound to cover and commemorate burials. The barrow survives as a visible landscape feature, though like many such monuments its precise original dimensions and construction details have been subject to modification and erosion over the millennia since its construction. Round barrows of this type are significant archaeological markers of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in northern England, contributing to understanding of ritual practices and territorial organisation during the second millennium before the common era.
Old Wife's Mound round barrow, 750m north west of Low Leaf Howe House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018409. View the official record →
Old Wife's Mound is a round barrow located approximately 750 metres north west of Low Leaf Howe House in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018409.
Old Wife's Mound round barrow, 750m north west of Low Leaf Howe House 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 1018409.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middleton Heights round barrow (6.9 km), Nutholm cross dyke, 100m south of Appleton Mill Farm (7.6 km), Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Old Wife's Mound round barrow, 750m north west of Low Leaf Howe House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Old Wife's Mound round barrow, 750m north west of Low Leaf Howe House stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.