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Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm

England
List entry 1004168
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004168
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 82262 07679, NZ 82198 07642
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises two distinct burial mounds, typical of the round barrow tradition that flourished across upland Britain during the Bronze Age. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial places and represent significant investment in funerary practice by prehistoric communities. The barrows are designated as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting their importance to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial customs in the Yorkshire landscape.

Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004168. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm?

Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004168.

Who is responsible for protecting Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm?

Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head 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 1004168.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Goathland Moor, 240m west of Collinson Bield (8.1 km), Round barrow on Goathland Moor, 360m west of Collinson Bield (8.1 km), Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland Moor (8.3 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
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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

Round barrow on Goathland Moor, 240m west of Collinson Bield
8.1 km
Round barrow on Goathland Moor, 360m west of Collinson Bield
8.1 km
Two Howes: two round barrows on Goathland Moor
8.3 km
Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg
8.5 km
Ann's Cross wayside cross on bowl barrow 800m south east of Foster Howes
9.3 km
Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge
9.5 km
Simon Howe: a round cairn on Goathland Moor, two associated round barrows, a standing stone and a stone alignment
9.6 km
Round barrow on Wheeldale Moor, 1150m west of Wheeldale Lodge
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm

Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm

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