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Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located 810 metres north-east of High Rigg Farm in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of two earthwork mounds typical of prehistoric funerary practice in upland areas of northern England, where such barrows served as communal or individual burial places and remain important archaeological indicators of prehistoric settlement patterns and land use. The barrows form part of the broader distribution of round barrow monuments across the Yorkshire uplands, a landscape substantially shaped by Bronze Age ritual and burial activity. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site retains archaeological significance for understanding prehistoric mortuary practices and the use of marginal upland terrain in early periods.
Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg, 810m north east of High Rigg Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020216. View the official record →
Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located 810 metres north-east of High Rigg Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020216.
Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg, 810m north east of High Rigg 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 1020216.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (5.2 km), Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.4 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg, 810m north east of High Rigg Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows on Newclose Rigg, 810m north east of High Rigg Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.