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Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross

England
List entry 1020348
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020348
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 68143 10370
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The barrow forms part of a broader landscape of funerary monuments characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as prominent markers for elite or community burials. The monument survives as an earthwork comprising a circular mound, typical of round barrow construction practices in northern England during the second millennium BC. Like many upland barrows in Yorkshire, it contributes to understanding the settlement patterns and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the region.

Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020348. View the official record →

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What is Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross?

Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020348.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross?

Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross 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 1020348.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross (8.1 km), Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor (8.3 km), White Cross boundary marker known as Fat Betty on Danby Moor (8.4 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.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross
8.1 km
Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor
8.3 km
White Cross boundary marker known as Fat Betty on Danby Moor
8.4 km
Wayside cross known as Old Ralph on Ledging Hill, Westerdale Moor
8.4 km
Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor
8.5 km
The Margery Bradley standing stone
9.1 km
Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base
9.2 km
Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross

Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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