Details

The monument includes two bowl barrows of Bronze Age date situated on a south
facing slope. The first barrow measures 9m across and survives to a height of
20cm. The surrounding ditch, dug to provide the material to build the mound,
is no longer visible at ground level but survives as a buried feature
measuring 2m across. The second mound, situated at a distance of 10m to the
north-west, measures 10m in diameter and stands to a height of 30cm. The
surrounding ditch, dug to provide the material to build the mound is no longer
visible at ground level but survives as a buried feature measuring 2m across.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

Although the bowl barrows have sustained some damage by cultivation in the
past, much of their archaeological deposits survive intact. Evidence of the
manner of construction, and the nature and duration of use will be preserved
within and beneath the mounds and within the ditches. Evidence relating to the
Bronze Age environment around the monument and of the wider landscape will
also survive. The importance of this monument is increased because of the
survival of contemporary barrows, of similar and different form, in the
immediate vicinity; such evidence provides a clear indication of the extent of
Bronze Age settlement and activity in the area and has the potential to
increase greatly our knowledge of Bronze Age society.

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Sources

Books and journals
Vyner, B E, 'Yorkshire Archaeological Journal' in Bronze Age activity on the Eston Hills, Cleveland, (1991), 25-49
Vyner, B E, 'Yorkshire Archaeological Journal' in Bronze Age activity on the Eston Hills, Cleveland, (1991), 47
Other
No. 1322, (1988)
No. 1323, (1988)

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