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

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History & significance

Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor is a Bronze Age monument complex located approximately 500 metres north-east of Wood Hill House in Yorkshire. The site comprises a pit alignment, a linear feature of archaeological significance typical of Bronze Age land division and territorial demarcation, alongside three round barrows representing funerary monuments of the same period. The barrows form part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age burial practices evident across the North York Moors, where such monuments are frequently found in association with landscape management features. The pit alignment demonstrates Bronze Age approaches to organising and defining land use, making the site valuable for understanding settlement patterns and social organisation during the second millennium BCE.

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 →

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