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Wolf Pit round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Danby Rigg in the North York Moors, approximately 810 metres south east of Falcon Farm. The monument survives as a circular earthwork characteristic of round barrows of the second millennium before the present, a period when such burial structures were widely constructed across the upland regions of northern England. Like many barrows on Danby Rigg, it forms part of a broader Bronze Age funerary landscape that reflects the ritual practices and social organisation of prehistoric communities in this area. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its significance to our understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Yorkshire.
Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018740. View the official record →
Wolf Pit round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Danby Rigg in the North York Moors, approximately 810 metres south east of Falcon Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018740.
Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon 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 1018740.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pike Howe round cairn (7.5 km), Horn Ridge cross dyke, cairnfield, round cairn and prehistoric hut circles (8.6 km), Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm'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.
Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.