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Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe

England
List entry 1016535
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016535
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
NZ8430508916
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Swarth Howe is a round barrow located on Dunsley Moor in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an earthen mound characteristic of burial practices during the second millennium BC, when such structures were constructed as communal or individual tombs across the upland regions of northern England. Its presence on Dunsley Moor reflects the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and funerary activity in the Yorkshire landscape. The barrow remains a significant archaeological witness to prehistoric burial customs and land use in the region.

Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016535. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe?

Swarth Howe is a round barrow located on Dunsley Moor in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016535.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe?

Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth 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 1016535.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor (7.4 km), York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor (8.2 km), Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor (8.5 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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor
7.4 km
York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor
8.2 km
Foster Howes bowl barrow (north) on Sneaton High Moor
8.5 km
Foster Howes bowl barrow (central) on Sneaton High Moor
8.5 km
Foster Howes bowl barrow (south) on Sneaton High Moor
8.6 km
Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg
9.1 km
Three Howes round cairns
9.1 km
Round barrow on Goathland Moor, 240m west of Collinson Bield
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe

Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth 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 on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe

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