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Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in the chalk uplands of the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, a common form of funerary architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age period in northern England, when such monuments served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and functioned as visible markers of ancestral presence in the landscape. Like many barrows on the chalk Wolds, this example likely dates to the second or early first millennium BCE, reflecting the established burial practices of Bronze Age communities. The site remains of archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practice in the region.
Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008348. View the official record →
Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in the chalk uplands of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008348.
Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages 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 1008348.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm (5.6 km), Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm (5.7 km), Round barrow 100m SW of Cobdale Farm (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow 330m south east of Painsthorpe Wold Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.