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Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork on elevated ground, representing the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. Such monuments typically date to the second millennium BCE and functioned as burial or ceremonial sites for individuals of social significance. The survival of this barrow on the hilltop summit demonstrates the enduring archaeological value of upland Bronze Age landscapes in Yorkshire.
Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018769. View the official record →
Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018769.
Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill 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 1018769.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg (7.3 km), Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm (8.3 km), Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill'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 the summit of Brown Hill stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.