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Two Howes is a pair of Bronze Age round barrows located on Goathland Moor in North Yorkshire. The monuments consist of two earthen mounds typical of burial structures constructed during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as funerary monuments for individuals of elevated social status. The site forms part of the wider archaeological landscape of Goathland Moor, an area rich in prehistoric monuments. The barrows are positioned within an ancient upland landscape that has been shaped by human activity over millennia, and they remain visible features of the moorland terrain.
Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021296. View the official record →
Two Howes is a pair of Bronze Age round barrows located on Goathland Moor in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021296.
Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland 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 1021296.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 400m north east of Haugh Rigg (10.3 km), Round barrow 395m north west of the Adder Stone (10.3 km), Square barrow adjacent to Cawthorne Camps, 520m north west of Saintoft Lodge (10.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.