Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House

England
List entry 1016533
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016533
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.58 hectares
Grid reference
NZ7813609918
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor is an ancient monument complex located in North Yorkshire, comprising a linear arrangement of pits alongside three separate burial mounds. The pit alignment is characteristic of later Bronze Age earthworks, whilst the round barrows represent funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period, indicating sustained ritual and burial activity across the landscape. The site reflects the prehistoric use of the moor for both ceremonial purposes and the commemoration of the dead, typical of upland Bronze Age settlement patterns in northern England. The monument survives as earthwork features and represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age activity in the region.

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016533. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House?

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor is an ancient monument complex located in North Yorkshire, comprising a linear arrangement of pits alongside three separate burial mounds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016533.

Who is responsible for protecting Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House?

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill 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 1016533.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor (6.6 km), Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr (7.2 km), Enclosure on In Moor, Struntry Carr (7.8 km).

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Overview
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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.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House 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 Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House

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