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Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in North Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the region during the second millennium BC. Such round barrows typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods, and often formed part of larger cemetery groups across the upland landscapes of Yorkshire. The survival of this monument contributes to understanding the distribution and character of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the northern Pennine region.
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017028. View the official record →
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017028.
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House 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 1017028.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm (4.7 km), Ayton Castle: medieval manorial centre, fortified house including tower and fishponds (6.5 km), Castle Hill fortified house (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 870m north east of Brompton Moor House stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.