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Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on moorland in Yorkshire. The barrow represents a characteristic funerary monument of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals of social significance. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork on the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire uplands. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its importance as an archaeological asset and its value in understanding the distribution and character of Bronze Age funerary monuments across northern England.
Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016531. View the official record →
Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on moorland in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016531.
Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage 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 1016531.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor (8.3 km), Foster Howes bowl barrow (central) on Sneaton High Moor (8.4 km), Foster Howes bowl barrow (south) on Sneaton High Moor (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage'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 on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.