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Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region, a period spanning approximately 2200 to 700 BCE. Such round barrows were constructed as monuments to mark the burial sites of individuals or small family groups, often containing cremated or inhumed remains along with grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site's preservation as a scheduled monument indicates its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial customs in Yorkshire.
Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017148. View the official record →
Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017148.
Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack 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 1017148.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (3.2 km), Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (4 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow on Coomb Hill, 500m west of Coomb Slack Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.