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Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow belongs to the Bronze Age tradition of burial practice, representing a period when such earthen mounds served as prominent markers for elite or community burials across the English landscape. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork, demonstrating the constructional effort invested in commemorating the deceased. Such round barrows, scattered across the Yorkshire uplands and lowlands, form an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in northern England.
Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019515. View the official record →
Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019515.
Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge 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 1019515.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Grimston Moor 750m south west of Viewly Hill Farm (9.8 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 350m north east of Black Gill Plantation (9.9 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 655m north east of Grimston Grange (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.