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Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of round barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such structures served as focal points for funerary practices and territorial markers across the landscape. The barrow's location on elevated terrain reflects the contemporary preference for prominent positions that would have been visible across the surrounding countryside. As a scheduled monument listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1019561, it represents an important archaeological asset for understanding Bronze Age mortuary traditions and settlement patterns in the region.
Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019561. View the official record →
Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019561.
Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst 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 1019561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southern section of prehistoric linear boundary known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest (8.4 km), Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (8.5 km), Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.