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The Square barrow on Silpho Moor is a prehistoric burial monument located on high moorland in Yorkshire, approximately 730 metres south-east of Breckenhurst. The barrow is a square or rectangular earthwork of Bronze Age date, representing a funerary structure type found across northern Britain during the second millennium BCE. Such monuments functioned as focal points for community burial practice and maintained significance within the Bronze Age landscape. The site remains a characteristic example of the funerary archaeology of the Yorkshire moors, where numerous barrows of varying forms continue to mark ancient burial locations.
Square barrow on Silpho Moor 730m south east of Breckenhurst is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019473. View the official record →
The Square barrow on Silpho Moor is a prehistoric burial monument located on high moorland in Yorkshire, approximately 730 metres south-east of Breckenhurst. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019473.
Square barrow on Silpho Moor 730m south east 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 1019473.
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 730m south east of Breckenhurst'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 Silpho Moor 730m south east of Breckenhurst stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.