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Wheeldale Howe is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the North Yorkshire Moors near Goathland. The monument consists of a circular earthwork topped with a stone cairn, typical of funerary structures constructed during the Bronze Age in upland northern England. The site demonstrates the burial practices and landscape use of prehistoric communities in the region, with similar barrows scattered across the moorland indicating patterns of settlement and ritual activity. The howe remains an important archaeological feature contributing to understanding of Bronze Age Yorkshire.
Wheeldale Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021255. View the official record →
Wheeldale Howe is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the North Yorkshire Moors near Goathland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021255.
Wheeldale Howe 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 1021255.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackpark cross dyke and standing stone, 330m north east of Blackpark Lodge (8.4 km), Blackpark medieval farmstead 140m south of Blackpark Lodge (8.8 km), Rawcliffe Howe round barrow (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wheeldale Howe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Wheeldale Howe stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.