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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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.