Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm

Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm

England
List entry 1020399
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020399
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SE 82924 88876
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three round barrows on Ness Head, located 750 metres east of Howlgate Farm, is a Bronze Age monument comprising three burial mounds situated on elevated ground in Yorkshire. The barrows represent funerary practice typical of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds served as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of status within their communities. The monuments are now scheduled as an ancient monument, reflecting their archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial custom in the region. The barrows survive as landscape features demonstrating the distribution of Bronze Age funerary monuments across the Yorkshire uplands.

Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020399. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm?

Three round barrows on Ness Head, located 750 metres east of Howlgate Farm, is a Bronze Age monument comprising three burial mounds situated on elevated ground in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020399.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm?

Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate 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 1020399.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn (4.4 km), Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church (4.5 km), Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post (5.7 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm

Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~10.5 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~22 miles