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Three Howes is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a pair of round barrows located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 765 metres north east of Toad Hole. The barrows are typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such earthen mounds were used to mark the graves of individuals or small family groups. The monument survives as an upstanding archaeological feature and forms part of a broader landscape of prehistoric burial activity in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument listed by Historic England, Three Howes represents an important element of Yorkshire's Bronze Age heritage and contributes to the understanding of burial practices and settlement patterns during this period.
Southern pair of four round barrows known as Three Howes, 765m north east of Toad Hole is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019975. View the official record →
Three Howes is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a pair of round barrows located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 765 metres north east of Toad Hole. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019975.
Southern pair of four round barrows known as Three Howes, 765m north east of Toad Hole 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 1019975.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 615m SSW of Rudland House (6 km), Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm (6.9 km), Stone circle and cairnfield on Harland Moor, 375m south west of Park Farm (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Southern pair of four round barrows known as Three Howes, 765m north east of Toad Hole'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.
Southern pair of four round barrows known as Three Howes, 765m north east of Toad Hole stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.