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Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of round barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period, which served as burial sites for individuals of varying social status. The barrow's preservation in the landscape reflects its significance as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in northern England. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of the contents at this particular site are not widely documented in the accessible scholarly record.
Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019373. View the official record →
Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019373.
Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor 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 1019373.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm (2.7 km), Castle Hill fortified house (4.1 km), Dovecote at Low Hall (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.