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Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House

England
List entry 1018749
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018749
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 76509 08914
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a prominent earthwork and represents funerary practice during the second millennium BC, when such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites across northern Britain. The site's location on elevated moorland is typical of Bronze Age barrow distribution in this region, where such monuments were often positioned in prominent landscape positions. As a designated heritage asset, it contributes to understanding prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in Yorkshire.

Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018749. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House?

Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018749.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House?

Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell 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 1018749.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor (5.8 km), Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm (6.6 km), Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr (7.1 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor
5.8 km
Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm
6.6 km
Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr
7.1 km
Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor
7.5 km
Enclosure on In Moor, Struntry Carr
7.6 km
Pike Hill round cairns
7.6 km
Peat Hill round cairn 575m north west of Pannierman Bridgestone, on Glaisdale High Moor
8 km
Flat Howe round barrow 790m south east of Pannierman Bridgestone, on the eastern sidee of Glaisdale High Moor
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House

Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~21.1 miles
Domesday entry for Lealholm, Yorkshire →
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