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Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm

England
List entry 1014709
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014709
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SE 66195 73680
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound constructed to cover the remains of elite or notable individuals, typical of funerary practices in the Bronze Age period. Such barrows represent significant evidence for settlement patterns, social hierarchy and ritual practices during the second millennium before the Common Era in northern England. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age funerary traditions and landscape use in Yorkshire.

Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014709. View the official record →

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What is Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm?

Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014709.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm?

Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House 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 1014709.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation 230m south east of Manor Farm (1.8 km), Round barrow 150m north west of Home Farm (1.8 km), Round barrow at Coronation Clump (2.5 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation 230m south east of Manor Farm
1.8 km
Round barrow 150m north west of Home Farm
1.8 km
Round barrow at Coronation Clump
2.5 km
Round barrow 150m north of Thurtle Wood
3.4 km
Round barrow 450m north east of Hagg Farm
4.2 km
Round barrow 300m north of Rye Hills Farm
4.5 km
Moated site known as The Rush
6.8 km
Round barrow 300m east of Carrmire Gate
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm

Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 100m north west of Moor House Farm

YorkRoman town · ~14.1 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~16.5 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~21.2 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~12.1 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~14.8 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.2 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~24.7 miles
Domesday entry for Wiganthorpe, Yorkshire →
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