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Round barrow 430m SSW of High Langdale End

A Scheduled Monument in Darncombe-cum-Langdale End, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.343 / 54°20'34"N

Longitude: -0.5789 / 0°34'44"W

OS Eastings: 492478.99107

OS Northings: 495093.908094

OS Grid: SE924950

Mapcode National: GBR SLD6.GX

Mapcode Global: WHGBR.23LD

Entry Name: Round barrow 430m SSW of High Langdale End

Scheduled Date: 11 October 2000

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1019442

English Heritage Legacy ID: 34521

County: North Yorkshire

Civil Parish: Darncombe-cum-Langdale End

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Details

The monument includes a round barrow situated on level ground towards the
eastern edge of Langdale Forest.
The barrow has an earth and stone mound which stands up to 1m high and
measures 12m in diameter. Formerly the mound had a maximum diameter of 15m but
it has been reduced in size by forestry ploughing at the edges. In the centre
of the mound there is a hollow caused by partial excavation in the past.
The barrow is one of a group of six and lies in an area rich in prehistoric
monuments including further round barrows, field systems and clearance cairns.

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

Round barrows 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 mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered
single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as
cemeteries and often acted as a focus of 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 examples recorded nationally (many more have already
been destroyed), occurring across most of Britain, including the Wessex area
where it is often possible to classify them more closely, for example as bowl
or bell barrows. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major
historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation in
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 limited disturbance, the round barrow 430m SSW of High Langdale End
has survived well. Significant information about the original form of the
barrow and the burials placed within it will be preserved. Evidence for
earlier land use and the contemporary environment will also survive beneath
the barrow mound.
The barrow is one of a group of six burial monuments and such clusters provide
important insight into the development of ritual and funerary practice during
the Bronze Age.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Books and journals
Smith, M J B, Excavated Bronze Age Burial Mounds of Durham and N' land., (1994), 146
Spratt, D A , 'Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology in North East Yorkshire' in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology of North East Yorkshire, , Vol. 87, (1993)
Other
7855.01,

Source: Historic England

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