Details

The monument includes three Prehistoric round barrows. The barrows are
situated on a plot of land behind the village of North Dalton. The most
northerly of the three barrow mounds is 1m high and 8m in diameter. The
central mound is 10m in diameter and 1m high. The most southerly of the three
barrow mounds is also 10m in diameter and 1m in height. All three of the
barrows have flattened tops with hollowed centres, the result of nineteenth
century excavations. Although no longer visible at ground level each of the
barrow mounds is surrounded by a ditch from which material was excavated
during the construction of the monument. These have become in-filled over the
years but survive as buried features 4m wide. Each of the barrow mounds has
been excavated in some way, as the hollows in their centres show, but it is
not known when, or by whom, these investigations were carried out.

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.

Source: Historic England

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.

Despite partial excavation these three barrows survive reasonably well. They
will retain significant information on their original form and the manner and
duration of their usage.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
32, Humberside SMR 32,
3257, Humberside SMR 3257,
3859, Humberside SMR 3859,

Source: Historic England