Round barrow and L-shaped earthwork on Baildon Golf Course

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number:: 1012687
Date first listed:: 03-Oct-1935

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number:: 1012687
Date first listed:: 03-Oct-1935
Date of most recent amendment:: 21-Aug-1995

Location

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Baildon
National Grid Reference:: SE 14242 40691

Reasons for Designation

Rombalds Moor is an eastern outlier of the main Pennine range lying between the valleys of the Wharfe and the Aire. The bulk of this area of 90 sq km of rough moorland lies over 200m above sea level. The moor is particularly rich in remains of prehistoric activity. The most numerous relics are the rock carvings which can be found on many of the boulders and outcrops scattered across the moor. Burial monuments, stone circles and a range of enclosed settlements are also known. Round cairns are prehistoric funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They were constructed as stone mounds covering single or multiple burials. These burials may be placed within the mound in stone lined compartments called cists. In some cases the cairn was surrounded by a ditch. They are a relatively common feature of the uplands and are the stone equivalent of the earthen round barrows of the lowlands. Their considerable variation in form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisation amongst early prehistoric communities. A substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of protection.

Although this cairn is disturbed it retains much of archaeological importance, and important evidence of its form and location, and forms an important part of the prehistoric landscape on Baildon Moor. The adjacent earthwork is also well preserved. Information on its date, function and relationship to the adjacent barrow will be preserved.

Details

The monument includes a round barrow and an L-shaped earthwork which partly encloses the barrow. They are situated by the roadside on Baildon Golf Course, next to a small car park. The barrow is visible as a low bank forming an incomplete and irregular circle of c.13m diameter. The L-shaped bank is double, with a ditch between two banks. The banks forming the arms of the L-shape are c.5m wide, and 1m high. The long arm of the L is c.26m long, and the short arm is c.15m long. The ditch between the banks is c.1m deep from ground level, and c.5m wide. The total height difference between the base of the ditch and the top of the banks is c.2m. The exact function of this earthwork is not yet fully understood but it has some antiquity, being recorded from at least 1846.

MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 25411
Legacy System:: RSM

Sources

Books and journals
Colls, J M N, 'Archaeologia' in Early Remains Discovered in Yorkshire, , Vol. 31, (1846)
Colls, J M N, 'Archaeologia' in Early Remains Discovered in Yorkshire, , Vol. 31, (1846)
Colls, J M N, 'Archaeologia' in Early Remains Discovered in Yorkshire, , Vol. 31, (1846)

Legal

This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.