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Settrington Beacon is a round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, designated as a scheduled monument under list entry 1004161. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of the type widely distributed across the Yorkshire landscape during this period. As a round barrow, it would have served as a funerary monument for a high-status individual or community, reflecting the burial practices and social structures of Bronze Age society. The site remains archaeologically significant as physical evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in the region.
Settrington Beacon round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004161. View the official record →
Settrington Beacon is a round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, designated as a scheduled monument under list entry 1004161.
Settrington Beacon round barrow 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 1004161.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow (8.6 km), A cross-dyke in Vessey Pasture Dale (9 km), A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 250m south-east of Vessey Pasture Farm (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Settrington Beacon round barrow'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.
Settrington Beacon round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.