Scheduled Monuments›England›One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang

One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang

England

List entry 1018777

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018777

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.04 hectares

Grid reference

NZ 71212 11406

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Robin Hood's Butts is a round barrow located approximately 600 metres north-east of Black Beck Swang in Yorkshire, England. The monument is one of four round barrows forming a group in this location, dating to the Bronze Age. These earthworks represent burial mounds characteristic of prehistoric funerary practice in northern England, constructed during the second millennium before the common era. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork, a testament to Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in the Yorkshire landscape.

One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018777. View the official record →

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What is One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang?

Robin Hood's Butts is a round barrow located approximately 600 metres north-east of Black Beck Swang in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018777.

Who is responsible for protecting One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang?

One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang 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 1018777.

What other scheduled monuments are near One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House (7.2 km), Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm (7.8 km), High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg (8 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House

7.2 km

Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm

7.8 km

High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg

8 km

Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm

8.1 km

Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm

8.5 km

Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor

9.4 km

Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor

9.5 km

Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross

9.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang

One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang

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