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Square barrow on West Ayton Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 1100 metres south west of Cockrah House in Yorkshire. The site consists of a square earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age barrow construction, a burial form that emerged during the second millennium before the common era. Square barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials and represent an important class of funerary monument distinct from the earlier round barrows that dominated earlier Bronze Age burial practice. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork on the moor, preserving evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in this region of Yorkshire.
Square barrow on West Ayton Moor, 1100m south west of Cockrah House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017159. View the official record →
Square barrow on West Ayton Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 1100 metres south west of Cockrah House in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017159.
Square barrow on West Ayton Moor, 1100m south west of Cockrah House 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 1017159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (2.2 km), Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (3 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (3.1 km).
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