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Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a well-preserved earthwork and represents a funerary tradition characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as repositories for elite or prominent individuals within prehistoric communities. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Yorkshire. The barrow remains a notable example of the prehistoric ceremonial landscape that characterised the region during the second millennium before the Common Era.
Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018767. View the official record →
Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018767.
Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m 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 1018767.
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 (8.2 km), White Cross boundary marker known as Fat Betty on Danby Moor (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.