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Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument of the type characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such structures served as communal or individual burial places for members of Bronze Age communities. Its position on Garrowby Hill reflects the Bronze Age practice of siting burial monuments in prominent landscape locations, affording visibility across the surrounding terrain. The monument remains of archaeological interest as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns on the Yorkshire Wolds.
Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008437. View the official record →
Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Yorkshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008437.
Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top 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 1008437.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross base and shaft and cross base at St Margaret's Church (5.6 km), Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm (5.6 km), Section of linear boundary dyke between Sylvan Dale and Warren Farm, north west of Coldwold Farm (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow 300m north-east of farm on Garrowby Hill Top stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.