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Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor

England
List entry 1009852
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009852
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 86850 01958
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Robbed Howe bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Sneaton High Moor in North Yorkshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of the bowl barrow form, situated approximately 500 metres north of Robbed Howe Slacks within an upland landscape that contains numerous prehistoric archaeological features. The barrow's name reflects evidence of past disturbance, indicating that the burial chamber or central deposit has been excavated or robbed in antiquity or in more recent centuries. As a designated heritage monument, it remains an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape of the North York Moors region.

Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009852. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor?

Robbed Howe bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Sneaton High Moor in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009852.

Who is responsible for protecting Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor?

Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor 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 1009852.

What other scheduled monuments are near Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone alignment 350m east of Newgate Foot (8.6 km), Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum Dike (8.9 km), Three round barrows 130m north west of Seavy Pond (9.1 km).

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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone alignment 350m east of Newgate Foot
8.6 km
Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum Dike
8.9 km
Three round barrows 130m north west of Seavy Pond
9.1 km
Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest
9.4 km
Round cairn at Dalby Snout, 690m north east of School Farm
9.5 km
Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairn
9.5 km
East Toft Dike: a cross dyke 720m south and 680m south west of Little Marfit Head
9.9 km
Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features centred 500m north east of High Bride Stones
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor

Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~13.8 miles
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