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Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm

England
List entry 1012491
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012491
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85958 53968
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of the funerary practices of the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed to cover inhumation or cremation burials of individuals of some status within their communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England entry number 1012491, indicating its protection as a monument of national archaeological importance. Such barrows, often constructed between approximately 2200 and 1000 BC, represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Yorkshire landscape.

Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012491. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm?

Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012491.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm?

Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn 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 1012491.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 560m NNW of Farberry Garth Farm (5.4 km), Two bowl barrows 500m north west of Farberry Garth Farm (5.5 km), Site of Nunburnholme Priory (5.6 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
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 560m NNW of Farberry Garth Farm
5.4 km
Two bowl barrows 500m north west of Farberry Garth Farm
5.5 km
Site of Nunburnholme Priory
5.6 km
Bowl barrow 170m north west of Farberry Garth Farm
5.8 km
Cleaving Hall moated site
8 km
Bowl barrow 700m south west of Enthorpe House
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 550m south west of Enthorpe House
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 230m south west of Enthorpe House
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm

Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm

YorkRoman town · ~16 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~20 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~8.7 miles
Domesday entry for Swinden, Yorkshire →
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