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Round barrow on Knapton Brow

England
List entry 1004109
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004109
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SE 90243 74680
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Knapton Brow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument comprising a circular mound, typical of the funerary practices and ritual landscapes that characterised the Bronze Age in northern England during the second millennium BCE. The site's designation within the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Yorkshire region. Such barrows frequently contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents and condition of this particular example would require archaeological investigation to establish with certainty.

Round barrow on Knapton Brow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004109. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Knapton Brow?

Round barrow on Knapton Brow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004109.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Knapton Brow?

Round barrow on Knapton Brow 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 1004109.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Knapton Brow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm (4.9 km), Entrenchment in High Mowthorpe Plantation (4.9 km), Two round barrows 1/2 mile (800m) NE of Duggleby High Barn (5.6 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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) SE of Newton South Wold Farm
4.9 km
Entrenchment in High Mowthorpe Plantation
4.9 km
Two round barrows 1/2 mile (800m) NE of Duggleby High Barn
5.6 km
Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn
5.9 km
Thirkleby medieval settlement adjacent to Thirkleby Manor
6.3 km
Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of St Andrew's Church
7.2 km
Esh's round barrow: a long barrow and later bowl barrow 400m north of Cross Thorns Barn
8.1 km
Duggleby Howe round barrow, interrupted ditch enclosure and ring ditches
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Knapton Brow

Round barrow on Knapton Brow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow on Knapton Brow

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~7.6 milesYorkRoman town · ~23.4 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~16.6 miles
Domesday entry for Heslerton, Yorkshire →
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