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Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane

England
List entry 1005788
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005788
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SE 05012 49489
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of round barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, representing the funerary practices of early Bronze Age communities in the region. Such monuments typically served as focal points for burial and ritual activity within the landscape. The barrow is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and forms part of Yorkshire's substantial Bronze Age archaeological heritage.

Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005788. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane?

Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005788.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane?

Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane 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 1005788.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock 42m east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar (5.6 km), Six carved rocks in field west of Riddlesden Golf Course (5.6 km), Cup marked rock 47m south east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar (5.6 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.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cup and ring marked rock 42m east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
5.6 km
Six carved rocks in field west of Riddlesden Golf Course
5.6 km
Cup marked rock 47m south east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
5.6 km
Split and hewn cup-marked rock north of a wall junction on Rivock
6.1 km
Cup and ring-marked rock north east of a wall junction on the southern flank of Rivock
6.2 km
Ore hearth smeltmill and wood drying kiln in Lumb Clough Wood, 350m south east of Bank Foot
7.8 km
Carved rock on bank of How Beck, east of path from West Morton to Riddlesden and 440m south west of Barn House Farm
7.9 km
Cup marked rock adjacent to wall near road from East Morton to West Morton
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane

Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane

AldboroughRoman town · ~24.4 milesBattle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~16 miles
Domesday entry for Silsden, Yorkshire →
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