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Square barrow at Mutton Gill is a prehistoric burial mound located on the North York Moors in Yorkshire. The monument is a square barrow, a form of burial structure characteristic of the Bronze Age, positioned approximately 670 metres north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages. The barrow survives as an earthwork and represents an important example of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period when such distinctive square-plan burial mounds were constructed across northern England. The site is designated as a nationally important heritage monument under the National Heritage List for England.
Square barrow at Mutton Gill, 670m north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019145. View the official record →
Square barrow at Mutton Gill is a prehistoric burial mound located on the North York Moors in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019145.
Square barrow at Mutton Gill, 670m north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages 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 1019145.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (1.7 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (1.7 km), Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square barrow at Mutton Gill, 670m north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages'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.
Square barrow at Mutton Gill, 670m north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.