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Widow Howe is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising two round barrows situated on Widow Howe Rigg in Yorkshire. The barrows represent typical examples of Bronze Age burial practice, a period during which such earthworks served as prominent markers for the dead within the landscape. The monument's survival as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological and historical importance in understanding prehistoric funerary traditions and settlement patterns in the region.
Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021298. View the official record →
Widow Howe is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising two round barrows situated on Widow Howe Rigg in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021298.
Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg 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 1021298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 400m north east of Low Pasture Farm (9.3 km), Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm (9.6 km), Round barrow 460m north west of the Adder Stone (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg'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.
Widow Howe: two round barrows on Widow Howe Rigg stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.