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Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm

England

List entry 1016425

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1016425

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.19 hectares

Grid reference

SE 25078 79920

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Binsoe Hill is a round barrow situated south of Binsoe Hill Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents the funerary practices of that period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to contain burials and mark significant individuals within their communities. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork, retaining its characteristic rounded form despite the passage of millennia. As a Bronze Age burial mound, it contributes to the archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and ritual practices across the Yorkshire landscape during the second millennium before the Common Era.

Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016425. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm?

Binsoe Hill is a round barrow situated south of Binsoe Hill Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016425.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm?

Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill 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 1016425.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marmion Tower (former gatehouse of Tanfield Castle fortified manor) (2.1 km), Tanfield Bridge (2.2 km), Camp and tumulus on Roomer Common (2.8 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Marmion Tower (former gatehouse of Tanfield Castle fortified manor)

2.1 km

Tanfield Bridge

2.2 km

Camp and tumulus on Roomer Common

2.8 km

Earthwork in Magdalen Field

2.8 km

Three round barrows at Three Hills 500m north east of Camp House

3.5 km

Roman camp 250m west of Hill Top Farm

3.6 km

Earth circles, cursus, pit alignments and burial sites near Nosterfield and Thornborough, including Centre Hill round barrow

3.7 km

East Tanfield deserted medieval village

4.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm

Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm

CatterickRoman town · ~12 miles AldboroughRoman town · ~12.8 miles Battle of Boroughbridge (1322)Battle (1322) · ~12.1 miles Battle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~12.9 miles Battle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~13.1 miles Battle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~13.8 miles

Domesday entry for Tanfield, Yorkshire →

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