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Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of prehistoric funerary practice in northern Britain, representing the ritual interment traditions of early farming or metal-using communities. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods indicative of the deceased's status. The site's survival as a visible landscape feature demonstrates the enduring archaeological value of upland barrow cemeteries in Yorkshire for understanding burial practices and settlement patterns across the third and second millennia before the present.
Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012551. View the official record →
Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012551.
Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross 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 1012551.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roppa South Cross on Carr Cote Ridge 1100m WSW of Piethorn (5.5 km), Round barrow 750m NNW of Potter House (5.8 km), Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow 400m south of Stump Cross stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.