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Loose Howe is a round barrow situated on Ugthorpe Moor in North Yorkshire, approximately 130 metres south-west of Day Well House. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of the type commonly constructed across northern England during the second millennium before the present era. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature in the landscape, forming part of the archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the moorland region. Such monuments are significant as physical evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ceremonial burial customs in Yorkshire.
Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor known as Loose Howe, 130m south west of Day Well House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016543. View the official record →
Loose Howe is a round barrow situated on Ugthorpe Moor in North Yorkshire, approximately 130 metres south-west of Day Well House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016543.
Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor known as Loose Howe, 130m south west of Day Well House 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 1016543.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beggar's Bridge (6 km), Roman Fort on Lease Rigg (7.9 km), Black Hill wayside cross on Glaisdale Rigg (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor known as Loose Howe, 130m south west of Day Well House'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 Ugthorpe Moor known as Loose Howe, 130m south west of Day Well House stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.