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Shunner Howe round barrow

England
List entry 1018763
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018763
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
SE 73702 99686
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Shunner Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, situated within the landscape of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monuments characteristic of the region. The barrow survives as an earthen mound and represents a funerary structure typical of the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of social significance. Its presence in the Yorkshire archaeological record contributes to the understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices across northern England. The monument is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1018763.

Shunner Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018763. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Shunner Howe round barrow?

Shunner Howe is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, situated within the landscape of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monuments characteristic of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018763.

Who is responsible for protecting Shunner Howe round barrow?

Shunner Howe 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 1018763.

What other scheduled monuments are near Shunner Howe round barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on Askew Rigg, 880m south east of Hartoft Bridge (7.6 km), Round barrow and cairnfield 480m north east of Hagg End (8.4 km), Two sections of Roman road on Flamborough Rigg (8.8 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ring cairn on Askew Rigg, 880m south east of Hartoft Bridge
7.6 km
Round barrow and cairnfield 480m north east of Hagg End
8.4 km
Two sections of Roman road on Flamborough Rigg
8.8 km
Blackpark cross dyke and standing stone, 330m north east of Blackpark Lodge
8.8 km
Blackpark medieval farmstead 140m south of Blackpark Lodge
9.1 km
Two round barrows, 245m and 340m north west of Barmoor Lodge
9.5 km
Fall Rigg cross dyke and round barrow, 710m north of Sycamore Farm
9.7 km
Four round barrows one 400m and three 540m east of Grouse Hall
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Shunner Howe round barrow

Shunner Howe round barrow stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Shunner Howe round barrow

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