Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm

England
List entry 1013437
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013437
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SE 56372 74752
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents a funerary practice widespread across Britain during the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent markers of elite and communal burial sites within the landscape. The barrow's survival as an upstanding feature demonstrates the enduring nature of these monumental structures, which have often persisted through subsequent agricultural use of the surrounding land. Such monuments are important archaeological records of Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation, and ritual practices in northern England.

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013437. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm?

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013437.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm?

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head 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 1013437.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 330yds (300m) S of Barhouse Farm (3.7 km), Crayke Castle: a motte and bailey and later stone castle of the bishops of Durham, incorporating part of an Anglo-Saxon monastic cemetery (4 km), Round barrow 150m south of Warren House (4.2 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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm

Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.