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Robin Hood's Butts is a round barrow dating to the Bronze Age, one of four such monuments positioned in the landscape north-east of Black Beck Swang in Yorkshire. These burial mounds represent a significant concentration of funerary archaeology from the second millennium BC, demonstrating patterns of settlement and ritual practice across the upland terrain. The barrow is distinguished by its earthen mound construction, characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary monuments in northern England. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important record of prehistoric burial customs and landscape use in the Yorkshire region.
One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m north east of Black Beck Swang is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018778. View the official record →
Robin Hood's Butts is a round barrow dating to the Bronze Age, one of four such monuments positioned in the landscape north-east of Black Beck Swang in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018778.
One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m 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 1018778.
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 (7.9 km), Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm (8 km).
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One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m 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.