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Willy Howe is a Neolithic round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, representing the burial practices of early farming communities during the fourth and third millennia before the common era. The monument consists of an earthen mound that would have originally contained a chamber or cist for the deposition of human remains, characteristics typical of barrows constructed during the Neolithic period. Like other surviving examples of Yorkshire's extensive barrow landscape, Willy Howe represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary ritual in northern Britain. The site remains a substantial earthwork testament to the considerable labour and social organisation required to construct these communal or individual monuments in the prehistoric landscape.
Willy Howe round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008040. View the official record →
Willy Howe is a Neolithic round barrow located in Yorkshire, England, representing the burial practices of early farming communities during the fourth and third millennia before the common era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008040.
Willy Howe round barrow 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 1008040.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone known as the Rudston Monolith (5.9 km), Roman villa site (6.4 km), Low Caythorpe deserted medieval village, manorial complex and fishponds (7.2 km).
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