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Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 990m north east of Brompton Moor House is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork forming a distinctive circular mound, characteristic of the funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age in northern England. Such barrows typically contained inhumations or cremations and served as focal points for burial ritual and landscape markers during the second millennium BC. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological significance and contribution to understanding prehistoric settlement and funerary practice in the Yorkshire uplands.
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 990m north east of Brompton Moor House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017026. View the official record →
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 990m north east of Brompton Moor House is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017026.
Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 990m 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 1017026.
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 (4.8 km), Round barrow 200m north west of High Park Farm (6 km), Ayton Castle: medieval manorial centre, fortified house including tower and fishponds (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Highwood Brow, 990m 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, 990m 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.