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Two round barrows 400m NE of Hastings Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of two burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent markers in the landscape for elite or significant members of prehistoric communities. As earthwork monuments, the barrows represent important archaeological evidence of burial practices and settlement patterns during the second millennium BCE. The monument's survival and official designation reflect its value in understanding Bronze Age mortuary behaviour and territorial organisation in the Yorkshire region.
Two round barrows 400m NE of Hastings Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008571. View the official record →
Two round barrows 400m NE of Hastings Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008571.
Two round barrows 400m NE of Hastings Wood 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 1008571.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 450m north west of Garbutt Farm (7.9 km), Round barrow in Cliff Plantation (8.5 km), Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton Bank (8.6 km).
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Two round barrows 400m NE of Hastings Wood stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.