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Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the North York Moors in North Yorkshire. The barrow is of square form, a distinctive type characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in this region, and survives as an earthwork on the moorland landscape. Such square barrows typically date to the Bronze Age period and represent an important class of burial monument distinct from the more commonly encountered round barrows of the same era. The site's survival and scheduled designation reflect its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the North York Moors.
Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019472. View the official record →
Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the North York Moors in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019472.
Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst 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 1019472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (8.1 km), Round barrow at Wester Gill, 390m north west of East Moor Farm (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 950m north of Betton Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Square barrow on Silpho Moor 680m SSE of Breckenhurst stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.