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Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm

England
List entry 1020675
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020675
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85298 85289
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age ritual and funerary practice in northern England. Such rabbit type monuments, though modest in scale, represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the upland regions of Yorkshire during the second millennium before the Common Era. The site's survival and formal designation reflect its archaeological importance in understanding Bronze Age communities and their relationship with the landscape.

Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020675. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm?

Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020675.

Who is responsible for protecting Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm?

Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm 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 1020675.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn (1.7 km), Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm (2.8 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (2.8 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
1.7 km
Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm
2.8 km
Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
2.8 km
Standing cross 180m north of Hall Farm
2.9 km
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
3.2 km
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
3.3 km
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works
3.4 km
Roxby Hill manorial complex and associated ridge and furrow earthworks
3.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm

Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Rabbit type 570m south east of Pexton Moor Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~8.5 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~20.5 miles
Domesday entry for Farmanby, Yorkshire →
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