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Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. The three barrows represent typical examples of burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, when such earthworks were used to inter the dead, often accompanied by grave goods. The site's survival as a group demonstrates the persistence of these monuments across the landscape and their archaeological importance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The barrows remain a scheduled ancient monument, indicating their significance to the archaeological record of Bronze Age Yorkshire.
Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003687. View the official record →
Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003687.
Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm 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 1003687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m east of Octon Cross Roads (7.1 km), Round barrow E of Weaverthorpe Ling (7.1 km), Two round barrows on Weaverthorpe Pasture (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm'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.
Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.