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Round barrow in Broxa Forest 850m WSW of Highdales is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the North York Moors. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the scattered distribution of funerary monuments characteristic of Bronze Age settlement and land use in this region. Such barrows typically date to the period between approximately 2200 and 700 BC, when inhumation and cremation burial practices under mounds were widespread across upland and lowland Britain. The monument's presence in Broxa Forest reflects the archaeological importance of the North York Moors as an area of sustained prehistoric activity and ritual practice.
Round barrow in Broxa Forest 850m WSW of Highdales is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019468. View the official record →
Round barrow in Broxa Forest 850m WSW of Highdales is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the North York Moors. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019468.
Round barrow in Broxa Forest 850m WSW of Highdales 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 1019468.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (7.4 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (7.5 km), Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features (7.6 km).
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