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Square barrow on Coomb Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 470 metres west of Coomb Slack Farm. The barrow displays the characteristic square plan form typical of certain Bronze Age funerary practices, distinguishing it from the more common round barrow tradition of the period. The monument survives as an earthwork of archaeological significance, representing evidence of burial practices and settlement patterns during the Bronze Age in the Yorkshire landscape. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important record of prehistoric funerary architecture and social organisation in northern England.
Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 470m west of Coomb Slack Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017150. View the official record →
Square barrow on Coomb Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 470 metres west of Coomb Slack Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017150.
Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 470m 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 1017150.
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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Square barrow on Coomb Hill, 470m west of Coomb Slack Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.