Round barrow 350m west of Cot Nab Farm

Reasons for Designation

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 and plough damage this barrow remains visible and will retain archaeological information on its original form and the burials placed within it.

Details

The monument includes a prehistoric round barrow, one of a group on this part of the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow mound is made from earth and chalk rubble, stands 0.75m high and has a diameter of 25m. The barrow is spread and slightly rounded, the result of regular ploughing over the years. A ditch, from which material was excavated during the construction of the monument surrounds the barrow mound. This has become in-filled over the years and is no longer visible at ground level, but survives as a buried feature 3m in width. The monument was investigated by the antiquarian J R Mortimer in 1874; one cremation and a number of pot sherds, thought to come from a cremation urn, were found.

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.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:

21082

Legacy System:

RSM

Sources

Books and journals
Mortimer, J R, Forty Years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire, (1905), 138

Other
3729, Humberside S.M.R,

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