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Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House

England
List entry 1020353
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020353
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SE 41420 96864
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a circular earthwork typical of the early second millennium BCE, representing a significant archaeological record of prehistoric funerary practice in the region. Such round barrows served as the burial places of prominent individuals within early Bronze Age communities and are among the most visible surviving monuments from this period. The site's scheduled status reflects its importance as evidence of settlement patterns and social hierarchy during the Bronze Age in Yorkshire.

Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020353. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House?

Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020353.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House?

Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park 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 1020353.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Winton medieval settlement including fishponds and field system immediately south of Winton House (0.6 km), Harlsey Castle (1.2 km), Sigston Castle: an enclosure castle 400m north of Kirby Sigston church (1.8 km).

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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.
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Winton medieval settlement including fishponds and field system immediately south of Winton House
0.6 km
Harlsey Castle
1.2 km
Sigston Castle: an enclosure castle 400m north of Kirby Sigston church
1.8 km
Mount Grace Priory Carthusian monastery: monastic precinct, fishponds, moat, mill and well-houses
3.8 km
Lady's Chapel
4.2 km
Site of medieval manor house, Landmoth Hall, including ruins of east wing
4.4 km
Motte and Bailey castle and site of a bishops' palace
5.7 km
Round barrow 200m north east of Priests' Spar Quarry
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House

Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow on Rabbit Hill, 120m north of High Park House

CatterickRoman town · ~11.8 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~18.9 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~3.4 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~3.4 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~18.4 milesBattle of Boroughbridge (1322)Battle (1322) · ~18.5 miles
Domesday entry for Winton, Yorkshire →
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