Details

The monument includes a round barrow which lies on a gentle south-facing
moorland slope at the north edge of the North York Moors.
The barrow has an earth and stone mound which measures 11m in diameter and
stands up to 0.5m high. In the centre of the mound and to the south east there
is a hollow caused by excavations in the past. The barrow is one of a group of
six spread across the west side of Newton Mulgrave Moor and lies in an area
rich in prehistoric monuments, including further barrows, field systems and
settlements.

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.

The importance of the barrow 580m south east of Stang Howe is enhanced by its
spatial association with five other barrows. Such clusters of burial monuments
provide important insight into the development of ritual and funerary practice
during the Bronze Age. The barrow is situated within an area which includes
other monuments dating from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. Associated groups
of monuments such as these demonstrate a continuity of occupation throughout
the prehistoric period and offer important scope for the study of the
distribution and development of prehistoric activity across the landscape.

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Sources

Books and journals
Smith, M J B, Excavated Bronze Age Burial Mounds of Durham and N' land., (1994), 83
Spratt, D A , 'Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology in North East Yorkshire' in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology of North East Yorkshire, , Vol. 87, (1993)

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