Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe

England
List entry 1019446
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019446
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.57 hectares
Grid reference
SE 91204 95672
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens is a Bronze Age burial site located approximately 460 metres south-east of Brecken Howe in Yorkshire, England. The cemetery comprises multiple round cairns, representing a characteristic funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period, when communal and individual burial practices involved the construction of stone or earth mounds over cremated or inhumed remains. Such cairn cemeteries are significant archaeological indicators of settlement patterns and ritual practices during the second and early first millennia before Christ. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its importance as evidence for understanding Bronze Age mortuary behaviour and the organisation of prehistoric communities in northern England.

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019446. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe?

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens is a Bronze Age burial site located approximately 460 metres south-east of Brecken Howe in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019446.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe?

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe 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 1019446.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on East Moor, 640m north of East Moor Farm (9.6 km), Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features (9.6 km), Southern section of prehistoric linear boundary known as Rise Dikes, in Wykeham Forest (9.6 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
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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe

Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Around Round cairn cemetery at High Greens 460m south east of Brecken Howe

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~9 miles