Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound barrow 520m north of High Barn

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn

England
List entry 1010524
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010524
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SE 50812 87212
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the dispersed cemetery landscape characteristic of upland Bronze Age burial practices in the region. As a scheduled monument, it represents evidence of early metalworking societies' ritual and commemorative practices during the second millennium before the present era. Its survival contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour in the Pennine uplands.

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010524. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 520m north of High Barn?

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010524.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 520m north of High Barn?

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn 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 1010524.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 520m north of High Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club (5.6 km), Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club (5.7 km), Roulston Scar Iron Age promontory fort (5.7 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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 520m north of High Barn

Round barrow 520m north of High Barn stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.