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Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the prehistoric funerary landscape of the region, dating to the second millennium before the present era. As a round barrow, it represents a characteristic form of elite burial practice during the Bronze Age, when such monuments were constructed to mark the graves of notable individuals and served as focal points within their respective communities. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008592.
Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008592. View the official record →
Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008592.
Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab 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 1008592.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 650m east of South Woods (7.7 km), Pit alignment forming part of the Cleave Dyke system 1000m north west of Dialstone Farm (7.8 km), Section of Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary on Hambleton Down and World War II bombing decoy shelters north east and north of Garbutt Farm (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow at Sunburnt Nab stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.