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Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Yorkshire Wolds near the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy. The site comprises multiple burial mounds constructed during the second millennium BCE, representing a significant concentration of prehistoric funerary activity in this landscape. These barrows form part of the extensive Bronze Age cemetery distribution across the Wolds and provide important evidence for settlement patterns and ritual practices of early metalworking societies in northern England. The monuments have been subject to archaeological investigation and remain visible as earthwork features that contribute to understanding the long-term use and significance of this distinctive chalk upland region.
Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004127. View the official record →
Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Yorkshire Wolds near the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004127.
Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold 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 1004127.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.4 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.4 km), Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal Dale (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold'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 barrows on Wharram Percy Wold stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.