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Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers

England
List entry 1019352
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019352
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
SE 93547 87925
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Three Tremblers are three round barrows located in Wykeham Forest in Yorkshire, England. These Bronze Age burial mounds represent a significant grouping of funerary monuments from the second millennium BC, reflecting the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in the region. The barrows survive as earthwork features within the forest landscape, preserving evidence of ancient ceremonial and sepulchral activity. Their preservation within Wykeham Forest makes them valuable archaeological records of Bronze Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in Yorkshire.

Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019352. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers?

The Three Tremblers are three round barrows located in Wykeham Forest in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019352.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers?

Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers 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 1019352.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm (3.6 km), Castle Hill fortified house (5.9 km), Dovecote at Low Hall (6.2 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm
3.6 km
Castle Hill fortified house
5.9 km
Dovecote at Low Hall
6.2 km
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
6.3 km
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
6.3 km
Medieval settlement immediately south east of Ebberston Hall
6.3 km
Churchyard cross, immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church
6.3 km
Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers

Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Three round barrows in Wykeham Forest, known as the Three Tremblers

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~4.4 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~24.4 miles
Domesday entry for Troutsdale, Yorkshire →
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