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Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough is a complex of archaeological monuments in Yorkshire documenting settlement and land use from the Bronze Age through the medieval period. The site comprises a cemetery of square barrows, a characteristic burial form of the Bronze Age, alongside later medieval features including a moated enclosure, fishponds, and the earthwork remains of a settlement. The square barrows represent an important funerary landscape from the second millennium BC, whilst the moated site and associated fishponds reflect the medieval reorganisation and exploitation of the same location. Together these overlapping monuments illustrate the long continuity of occupation and the development of settlement patterns across more than two millennia in this part of Yorkshire.
Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015613. View the official record →
Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough is a complex of archaeological monuments in Yorkshire documenting settlement and land use from the Bronze Age through the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015613.
Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough 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 1015613.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square barrow on Westwood Common, 50m west of Blackmill (6.1 km), Romano-British enclosure and two adjoining fields on Westwood Common, 510m south west of Blackmill (6.2 km), Square barrow on Westwood Common, 120m south of Blackmill (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square barrow cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough'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 cemetery, moated site, fishponds and medieval settlement remains at Scorborough stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.