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Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises two earthwork barrows, characteristic burial structures of the Bronze Age period that typically date from around the second millennium BCE. These monuments represent the burial practices of prehistoric communities and serve as significant archaeological evidence of settlement and ritual activity in the region during the Bronze Age. The barrows survive as earthwork features on the moor, contributing to the broader archaeological landscape of Bronze Age burials across northern England.
Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008864. View the official record →
Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008864.
Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor 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 1008864.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 300m NE of Hastings Wood (8.9 km), Round barrow N of Clarke Scars (9.1 km), Square barrow 200m NE of Clarke Scars (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows on Scarth Wood Moor stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.