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Square barrow on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery, is a prehistoric burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site represents a square barrow, a form of burial structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as an earthwork feature on the landscape, preserving evidence of funerary practices and settlement patterns from antiquity. As a scheduled ancient monument, it contributes to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary traditions and territorial organization in the Yorkshire uplands.
Square barrow on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017103. View the official record →
Square barrow on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery, is a prehistoric burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017103.
Square barrow on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery 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 1017103.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (3.7 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (3.8 km), Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square barrow on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery'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 on Highwood Brow, 400m south east of Mount Misery stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.