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Giant's Grave is a round barrow situated on Pen-y-Ghent Fell in Yorkshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of the type constructed during the second millennium BC, when such earthworks served as focal points for funerary practices across northern Britain. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork on the fell, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary monuments that have endured through the subsequent millennia. Such monuments are significant archaeological features that provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns, ritual practices, and land use in the Pennine uplands.
Round barrow known as Giant's Grave, Pen-y-Ghent Fell. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010536. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a round barrow situated on Pen-y-Ghent Fell in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010536.
Round barrow known as Giant's Grave, Pen-y-Ghent Fell. 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 1010536.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 80m north of Pikedaw Hill (9.8 km), Settlement sites on Jorden Scar (9.8 km), Pikedaw Hill southern cairn (10 km).
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