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Round barrow on Givendale Rigg is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds, approximately 1.5 kilometres south west of Givendale Head Farm. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the wider Bronze Age cemetery landscape characteristic of the Wolds plateau. Such round barrows typically date from the second millennium BCE and served as burial monuments for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1020517.
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020517. View the official record →
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds, approximately 1.5 kilometres south west of Givendale Head Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020517.
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head 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 1020517.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (1.9 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (2 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm'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 Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.