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Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, characteristic of funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as visible markers for elite or significant burials within communities. The site is registered on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1008584, indicating its recognition as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological importance. As a round barrow, it represents a common form of burial practice in prehistoric Britain, with such structures typically containing inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods reflecting the beliefs and social structures of Bronze Age society.
Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008584. View the official record →
Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008584.
Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood 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 1008584.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank (8.3 km), Round barrow 230m east of Sutton Bank Farm (8.7 km), Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow 40m west of Butcher's Wood stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.