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Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age, when such mounds served as communal or individual burial sites across the British landscape. Its location on Grimston Moor reflects the Bronze Age preference for elevated moorland settings, which provided visibility and prominence in the landscape. The monument remains archaeologically significant as evidence of prehistoric burial practice and ceremonial activity in the region.
Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013441. View the official record →
Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013441.
Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation 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 1013441.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 450m north east of Hagg Farm (2.4 km), Round barrow 330yds (300m) S of Barhouse Farm (3.6 km), Moated site known as The Rush (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation'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 Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.