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Rawcliffe Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a burial mound of the type commonly constructed during the second millennium BCE across the British Isles, serving as a ceremonial and funerary focal point for prehistoric communities. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, testament to the enduring physical legacy of Bronze Age mortuary practices in the region. Such monuments are significant archaeological indicators of social organisation, ritual belief, and land use patterns during the prehistoric period.
Rawcliffe Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019776. View the official record →
Rawcliffe Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019776.
Rawcliffe Howe round barrow 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 1019776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 50m north east of Manor Farm (6.2 km), Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle (6.6 km), St Nicholas' medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rawcliffe Howe round barrow'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.
Rawcliffe Howe round barrow stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.