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Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm

England
List entry 1003136
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003136
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SE 88758 70004
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. The monument survives as an earthwork in the landscape, preserving evidence of funerary practices from the second millennium BCE. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and represent a significant category of ritual monuments across the Yorkshire uplands. The site remains a valuable archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in northern England.

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003136. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm?

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003136.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm?

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold 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 1003136.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Towthorpe medieval settlement (7.2 km), Four bowl barrows and parts of two linear boundary earthworks and a cross-dyke 750m west of Wharram Percy Farm (8.2 km), A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm (8.3 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

Towthorpe medieval settlement
7.2 km
Four bowl barrows and parts of two linear boundary earthworks and a cross-dyke 750m west of Wharram Percy Farm
8.2 km
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm
8.3 km
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 600m east of Toisland Farm
8.4 km
Greenlands barrow group: five bowl barrows on Toisland Wold, 500m east of Toisland Farm
8.4 km
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 180m east of Toisland Farm
8.6 km
A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow
9.1 km
A cross-dyke in Vessey Pasture Dale
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~10.4 milesYorkRoman town · ~21 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~13.9 miles
Domesday entry for Linton, Yorkshire →
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