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Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm

England
List entry 1003688
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003688
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SE 98544 76079
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 700 yards north-east of Brompton Wold Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a circular earthwork characteristic of prehistoric funerary practice in northern England during the third and second millennia before the present era. Such barrows typically contained primary and secondary inhumations, though the specific contents and construction details of this particular example would require archaeological investigation to establish with certainty. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important element of the prehistoric ritual landscape of the Yorkshire region.

Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003688. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm?

Round barrow 700 yards north-east of Brompton Wold Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003688.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm?

Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold 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 1003688.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of Weaverthorpe Ling (7.2 km), Two round barrows on Weaverthorpe Pasture (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 250m east of Octon Cross Roads (7.5 km).

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Overview
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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow E of Weaverthorpe Ling
7.2 km
Two round barrows on Weaverthorpe Pasture
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 250m east of Octon Cross Roads
7.5 km
Esh's round barrow: a long barrow and later bowl barrow 400m north of Cross Thorns Barn
7.6 km
Section of linear earthwork in Pasture Plantation
7.8 km
Two round barrows SE of Pasture Farm
8.1 km
Section of linear earthwork 200m north east of Pasture Cottages
8.2 km
Long barrow 650m south-east of Cross Thorns Barn
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm

Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~4.5 miles
Domesday entry for Brompton, Yorkshire →
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