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Square barrow on Coomb Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. The site consists of a square earthwork characteristic of barrow construction from the second millennium BC, a period when such monuments served as burial mounds for prominent members of prehistoric communities. Its position on Coomb Hill, west of Coomb Slack Farm, places it within a landscape that likely contained other contemporary ritual and burial sites. The monument survives as an earthwork feature of archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire uplands.
Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 420m west of Coomb Slack Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017151. View the official record →
Square barrow on Coomb Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017151.
Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 420m west of Coomb Slack Farm 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 1017151.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (3.3 km), Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (4 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (4.1 km).
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