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Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds located near Settrington in Yorkshire. The barrows represent typical examples of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were raised over individual or collective burials as markers of status and territorial significance. The site's archaeological interest lies in its preservation as part of the broader barrow landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds, where such monuments cluster in groups reflecting ancient patterns of settlement and land use. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, contributing to the archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern England.
Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004162. View the official record →
Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds located near Settrington in Yorkshire.
Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn 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 1004162.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of manor house (9 km), A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale (9 km), Aldro earthworks: a cross-dyke on Hanging Grimston Wold, 350m south-east of Brown Moor Farm (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows at Settrington High Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.