Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm

England
List entry 1018750
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018750
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 71448 10719
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow represents a typical funerary practice of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of significant individuals within prehistoric communities. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork on the moorland landscape, preserving evidence of burial customs and settlement patterns of the second millennium before Christ. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance and the need to protect this surviving example of Bronze Age funerary architecture.

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018750. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm?

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018750.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm?

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck 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 1018750.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor (8.7 km), Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor (8.9 km), Peat Hill round cairn 575m north west of Pannierman Bridgestone, on Glaisdale High Moor (9 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm

Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm 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 Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~24 miles