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Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm

England
List entry 1009371
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009371
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SE 50622 94395
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The barrow forms part of the dispersed pattern of funerary monuments characteristic of the Bronze Age landscape in northern England, reflecting the ritual practices and social structures of communities during the second millennium BC. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of round barrows of this period, which functioned as the focal point for burial and commemorative activity. Its preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its significance as evidence for prehistoric settlement and mortuary practice in the region.

Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009371. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm?

Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009371.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm?

Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker 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 1009371.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boltby Scar promontory fort and two round barrows (8.8 km), Round barrow 400m south east of Hill Fort Windypit (9 km), Round barrow 500m south east of Hill Fort Windypit (9 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
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Boltby Scar promontory fort and two round barrows
8.8 km
Round barrow 400m south east of Hill Fort Windypit
9 km
Round barrow 500m south east of Hill Fort Windypit
9 km
Round barrow 600m north east of South Woods
9.1 km
Ravensthorpe manor house (site of)
9.3 km
Round barrow 650m east of South Woods
9.3 km
Pit alignment forming part of the Cleave Dyke system 1000m north west of Dialstone Farm
9.4 km
Round barrow 600m west of Grange Farm
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm

Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 500m north west of Lower Locker Farm

CatterickRoman town · ~17.7 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~18.4 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~9.3 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~9.3 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~17.5 milesBattle of Boroughbridge (1322)Battle (1322) · ~18.2 miles
Domesday entry for Arden, Yorkshire →
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