Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst

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History & significance

Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top, 550m WSW of Breckenhurst, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on elevated ground in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound, characteristic of burial practices employed during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were constructed across the British landscape to mark the graves of individuals and occasionally groups. Its location on high terrain is typical of many Bronze Age barrows, which were often positioned at prominent points in the landscape, suggesting both practical visibility and ritual significance. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important archaeological record of burial customs and settlement patterns in Bronze Age Yorkshire.

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 →

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