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Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm

England
List entry 1008038
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008038
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
TA 12628 34512
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow represents a typical funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, constructed as an earthwork mound to contain inhumations or cremations. Such monuments are distributed across the Yorkshire landscape and form an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns. The site's designation as a heritage monument reflects its significance as evidence of Bronze Age society and ritual practice in the region.

Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008038. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm?

Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008038.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm?

Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill 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 1008038.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Swine Castle Hill (0.2 km), Site of Swine Cistercian nunnery (1.4 km), Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm (3.4 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Swine Castle Hill
0.2 km
Site of Swine Cistercian nunnery
1.4 km
Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm
3.4 km
Swan Hill motte
3.6 km
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite at Old Ellerby, 600m south of Ellerby Grange
5.2 km
Site of Meaux Cistercian Abbey
6 km
Hull Castle, South Blockhouse and part of late 17th century Hull Citadel Fort at Garrison Side
6.3 km
Beverley Gate and adjacent archaeological remains forming part of Hull's medieval and post-medieval defences
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm

Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Swine, Yorkshire →
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