Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm

England
List entry 1017149
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017149
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SE 95320 89433
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located 530 metres west of Coomb Slack Farm in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises two distinct square-ditched barrows, a form of burial mound characteristic of later prehistory, which would have served as prominent markers within the landscape and repositories for the deceased and grave goods. The precise dating and excavation history of these particular barrows remain limited in the published scholarly record, though their form places them within the broad tradition of formal burial mounding practised across Bronze Age Britain. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork feature and is recorded under the National Heritage List for England.

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017149. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm?

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located 530 metres west of Coomb Slack Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017149.

Who is responsible for protecting Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm?

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack 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 1017149.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (3.3 km), Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (4 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (4.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm

Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Around Two square barrows on Coomb Hill, 530m west of Coomb Slack Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~4.4 miles