Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRectangular barrows at North Muskham

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham

England
List entry 1003492
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003492
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.61 hectares
Grid reference
SK 80426 60672
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Nottinghamshire. The site comprises earthwork evidence of rectangular barrow forms, a funerary tradition characteristic of the Bronze Age period in the East Midlands region. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods, serving as enduring markers of elite or community burial practices. The survival of the earthworks at North Muskham provides archaeological evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary customs in this part of the East Midlands.

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003492. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rectangular barrows at North Muskham?

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003492.

Who is responsible for protecting Rectangular barrows at North Muskham?

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham 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 1003492.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rectangular barrows at North Muskham?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Civil War town defences within the Friary Garden (6.6 km), Newark Castle (6.7 km), Newark town wall (Lombard Street) (6.9 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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rectangular barrows at North Muskham

Rectangular barrows at North Muskham stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.