Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe

England
List entry 1021299
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021299
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 85160 02848
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor is an ancient burial mound located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 600 metres south-southwest of Breckon Howe. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary practice common to that period across northern England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound in the moorland landscape and forms part of the wider archaeological complex of prehistoric monuments on Goathland Moor. As a scheduled monument with NHLE list entry 1021299, it is recognised as a significant example of Bronze Age burial practice and contributes to understanding settlement and ceremonial activity in the upland regions of Yorkshire during the second millennium BCE.

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021299. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe?

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor is an ancient burial mound located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 600 metres south-southwest of Breckon Howe. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021299.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe?

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe 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 1021299.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm (7.3 km), Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm (8.1 km), Cross dyke on Saltergate Brow, 750m south east of Barr Farm (8.5 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe

Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe

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