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Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone

England
List entry 1018660
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018660
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 58929 13048
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank is an ancient burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 470 metres south west of Hanging Stone. The site comprises both a round barrow and round cairn, representing funerary monuments of prehistoric date. These earthworks reflect Bronze Age burial practices when such mounded structures served as repositories for the deceased and functioned as territorial markers within the landscape. The monument is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1018660, recognising its archaeological and historical significance.

Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018660. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone?

Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank is an ancient burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 470 metres south west of Hanging Stone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018660.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone?

Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone 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 1018660.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 550m west of Baysdale Farm (6.5 km), Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm (6.6 km), Medieval settlement of Little Broughton, associated field system and site of medieval chapel (6.8 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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 550m west of Baysdale Farm
6.5 km
Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm
6.6 km
Medieval settlement of Little Broughton, associated field system and site of medieval chapel
6.8 km
Baysdale Abbey Bridge, 460m east of Baysdale Farm
7 km
Wayside cross known as Baysdale Cross on Middle Head Intake 1000m south west of Baysdale Abbey
7.9 km
Round barrow at Tidy Brown Hill
8.1 km
Three round barrows 60m north of Burton Howe
9.9 km
Burton Howe round barrow
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone

Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow and round cairn on Ryston Bank, 470m south west of Hanging Stone

CatterickRoman town · ~24.2 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~17 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~17.1 miles
Domesday entry for Hutton, Yorkshire →
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