Round barrow 440m north of Jingleby Thorn
List Entry Summary
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.
Name: Round barrow 440m north of Jingleby Thorn
List entry Number: 1020652
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Allerston
National Park: NORTH YORK MOORS
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 22-Jan-1969
Date of most recent amendment: 07-Mar-2002
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: RSM
UID: 35174
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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Reasons for Designation
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 disturbance, the round barrow 440m north of Jingleby Thorn has
surviving archaeological deposits which will preserve information about
the original form of the barrow and the burials placed within it. Evidence
for earlier land use and the contemporary environment will also survive
beneath the barrow mound.
The barrow lies in an area where there are many other burial monuments, as
well as a concentration of prehistoric land boundaries. The relationships
between these monuments are important for understanding the division and
use of the landscape for social, ritual and agricultural purposes during
the later prehistoric period.
History
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Details
The monument includes a round barrow which is situated in a prominent
ridge-top position between the valleys of Worry Gill and Sandy Gill. It lies
on the central plateau of the Tabular Hills.
The barrow has an earthen mound which stands up to 0.6m high. Formerly the
mound had a diameter of 31m, but over the years it has been reduced by
ploughing so that now it measures only 20m.
The barrow lies in an area where there are many other burial monuments as well
as the remains of prehistoric land division.
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.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Northern Archaeological Associates, , North York Moors Forest Survey Phase Two, (1996)
Other
Craster, OE, AM7, (1968)
National Grid Reference: SE 89296 89967
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