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Siwards How is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Heslington Hill in Yorkshire. The monument takes the form of a burial mound, characteristic of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite or significant individuals within prehistoric communities. The barrow's position on elevated terrain at Heslington Hill would have rendered it visually prominent within the surrounding landscape. Like other round barrows of its type and period, Siwards How represents an important archaeological indicator of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Yorkshire region.
Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015690. View the official record →
Siwards How is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Heslington Hill in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015690.
Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill 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 1015690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus) (0.7 km), Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground (1 km), City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark (1.3 km).
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