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Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located on the North York Moors in North Yorkshire. The barrows are characteristic examples of the round barrow tradition that flourished during the Bronze Age, serving as funerary monuments for elite or significant members of prehistoric communities. The monuments are situated within a landscape rich in prehistoric activity, reflecting the intensive use of the moorland during the second millennium BC. Their preservation on Sleights Moor contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the North York Moors region.
Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004889. View the official record →
Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located on the North York Moors in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004889.
Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor 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 1004889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield on Howl Moor 510m south of Wheeldale Lodge, including an unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round burial cairns (8.1 km), Goathland Roman road, on Wheeldale Moor (8.2 km), Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.