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Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm

England
List entry 1004160
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004160
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85116 71004
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents a funerary tradition characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such monuments were constructed across the upland regions of northern England. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods that reflected the status of the deceased. The survival of this example contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practice in Yorkshire.

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004160. View the official record →

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What is Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm?

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004160.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm?

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns 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 1004160.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of manor house (9.5 km), Aldro earthworks: a cross-dyke on Hanging Grimston Wold, 350m south-east of Brown Moor Farm (9.9 km), Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 300m east of Stone Sleights Farm (10.3 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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow N of manor house
9.5 km
Aldro earthworks: a cross-dyke on Hanging Grimston Wold, 350m south-east of Brown Moor Farm
9.9 km
Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 300m east of Stone Sleights Farm
10.3 km
Acklam Wold barrow group: a bowl barrow 300m south-east of Acklam Wold House
10.4 km
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 50m north-west of Stone Sleights Farm
10.4 km
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm
10.5 km
The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm
10.6 km
Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 450m north-east of Wold Farm
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns Farm

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SW of Many Thorns 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) SW of Many Thorns Farm

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