Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross

England
List entry 1008573
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008573
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
SE 48871 90395
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Yorkshire. The site comprises three distinct round barrows, earthwork structures characteristic of burial practice during the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals or small family groups. Round barrows of this type were typically raised over inhumed or cremated remains and often accompanied by grave goods, serving as visible markers of status and territorial presence in the landscape. The survival of three barrows in close proximity at this location demonstrates the significance of the area as a burial ground during prehistory.

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008573. View the official record →

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What is Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross?

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008573.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross?

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross 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 1008573.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow in Cliff Plantation (7.6 km), Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton Bank (7.7 km), Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank (7.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross

Three round barrows 600m NW of Steeple Cross stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.