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Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as communal or individual burial places across the British landscape. The monument's presence on Metlow Hill reflects the broader distribution of Bronze Age funerary monuments across the Yorkshire uplands, indicating settlement and ritual activity in the region during the second millennium before the present era. As a designated heritage asset, the barrow contributes to understanding prehistoric burial practices and territorial organization in northern England.
Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013195. View the official record →
Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013195.
Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm 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 1013195.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the Danes' Dyke between the B1255 and B1229 roads (2.5 km), Flamborough Castle: a fortified manor house (3.5 km), Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255 (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.