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Round barrow, lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring is a multi-period archaeological site in the North York Moors comprising three distinct features of different dates. The round barrow represents Bronze Age burial practice, whilst the lime kiln and warrening enclosure are later additions to the landscape, reflecting medieval and post-medieval land use and exploitation. The site exemplifies the layered archaeological record typical of upland moorland areas, where features from different periods often occupy the same general location. The precise dating and condition of the individual elements reflects the complex history of human activity on the Yorkshire uplands.
Round barrow,lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019355. View the official record →
Round barrow, lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring is a multi-period archaeological site in the North York Moors comprising three distinct features of different dates. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019355.
Round barrow,lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring 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 1019355.
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 (2.9 km), Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.4 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow,lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow,lime kiln and warrening enclosure in Wykeham Forest, 540m east of Jenny Thrush Spring stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.