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Round barrows SW of Riggs Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthen mounds constructed as burial monuments during prehistory, which represent important evidence of ritual and mortuary practices in northern England during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. Such barrow cemeteries typically contained inhumations or cremations and often incorporated grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their occupants. The monument's survival and scheduling as a nationally important site reflects its archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns in the region.
Round barrows SW of Riggs Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004554. View the official record →
Round barrows SW of Riggs Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004554.
Round barrows SW of Riggs Farm 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 1004554.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 600m west of Newcote Farm (7.6 km), Site of Warter Augustinian Priory (8 km), Round barrow 915m north east of Dalton Gates Farm (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows SW of Riggs Farm'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 SW of Riggs Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.