Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood

England
List entry 1013552
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013552
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SE 64962 75582
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound typical of the period, representing one of numerous such funerary structures distributed across the region dating from approximately 2000 to 1500 BCE. The monument's presence within the wider landscape of Bronze Age burials reflects contemporary ritual practices and settlement patterns in northern England. The site is recorded and protected as a scheduled ancient monument reflecting its significance to the archaeological record and heritage of the area.

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013552. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood?

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013552.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood?

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood 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 1013552.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation 230m south east of Manor Farm (3 km), Round barrow 150m north west of Home Farm (3.6 km), Round barrow 450m north east of Hagg Farm (4.4 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
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood

Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.