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Round barrow known as Burn Howe

England
List entry 1019758
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019758
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SE 91215 99152
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Burn Howe is a round barrow situated in Yorkshire, England, and represents a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The site is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1019758, indicating its recognition as a structure of archaeological significance. Round barrows of this type typically functioned as burial mounds for high-status individuals and were constructed by raising earth and stone over inhumed or cremated remains. The physical form of such monuments, along with their distribution across the Yorkshire landscape, provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in northern England.

Round barrow known as Burn Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019758. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow known as Burn Howe?

Burn Howe is a round barrow situated in Yorkshire, England, and represents a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019758.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow known as Burn Howe?

Round barrow known as Burn Howe 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 1019758.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow known as Burn Howe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Regular aggregate field system on Troutsdale Moor, 470m north west of Rock House Farm (9.6 km), Prehistoric linear boundary known as Snainton Dikes, 740m east of Ebberston Common House (9.9 km), Two round barrows on Troutsdale Moor, 900m west of Rock House Farm (9.9 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

Regular aggregate field system on Troutsdale Moor, 470m north west of Rock House Farm
9.6 km
Prehistoric linear boundary known as Snainton Dikes, 740m east of Ebberston Common House
9.9 km
Two round barrows on Troutsdale Moor, 900m west of Rock House Farm
9.9 km
Embanked pit alignment 130m south and 310m SSE of Jingleby House
10.1 km
Section of linear boundary in Dalby Forest, 630m north west of Jingleby Tower
10.1 km
Round barrow in Dalby Forest, 220m north east of Jingleby Tower
10.1 km
Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm
10.5 km
Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 470m west of Coomb Slack Farm
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow known as Burn Howe

Round barrow known as Burn Howe stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow known as Burn Howe

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