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Two round barrows at Seta Pike is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises two distinct barrow mounds positioned on elevated terrain, representing a typical burial practice of the Bronze Age period when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals of sufficient status to warrant monumental commemoration. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary customs in the region. Such paired or clustered barrow complexes often indicate family burial grounds or successive interments across generations during the Bronze Age.
Two round barrows at Seta Pike is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008580. View the official record →
Two round barrows at Seta Pike is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008580.
Two round barrows at Seta Pike 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 1008580.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank (7 km), Round barrow 230m east of Sutton Bank Farm (7.3 km), Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows at Seta Pike's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows at Seta Pike stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.