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The round barrow on Lun Rigg is a scheduled monument located in Yorkshire, 890 metres east of Brecken Howe. The site occupies 0.03 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference 1019379. Like other round barrows of the Bronze Age, it was constructed as a burial monument, its earthen mound raised over human remains and grave goods in accordance with funerary practices that dominated Britain during the second millennium BC.
The barrow sits on bedrock comprising the Kellaways Formation and Oxford Clay Formation, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Oxfordian period of the Jurassic. This geological setting, characteristic of the Oxfordshire and Yorkshire region, provided the clay-rich soils from which the barrow's mound was constructed. The landscape around Lun Rigg has preserved this monument through the centuries, leaving it accessible to modern study.
As a scheduled monument, the barrow is protected from damage or disturbance. Its survival into the present day represents an important record of Bronze Age burial practice and land use in this part of northern England. The monument contributes to our understanding of ritual and social organisation among prehistoric communities who inhabited these upland margins.
Round barrow on Lun Rigg, 890m east of Brecken Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019379. View the official record →
The round barrow on Lun Rigg is a scheduled monument located in Yorkshire, 890 metres east of Brecken Howe. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019379.
Round barrow on Lun Rigg, 890m east of Brecken Howe 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 1019379.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern section of prehistoric linear boundary with intersecting hollow ways, known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest (9.3 km), Round barrow on East Moor, 640m north of East Moor Farm (9.6 km), Southern section of prehistoric linear boundary known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Lun Rigg, 890m east of Brecken Howe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow on Lun Rigg, 890m east of Brecken Howe stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.