Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

New Bield round barrow and ringwork

Scheduled monument

Why this matters

New Bield round barrow and ringwork is a scheduled monument in England, combining a burial mound (barrow) with a ringwork, suggesting a complex of early-medieval defensive or ceremonial significance. Local tradition and folklore may associate such sites with otherworldly beings or ancient lineages, though specific stories connected to this site are not widely recorded.

View my places

Overview

New Bield round barrow and ringwork is recorded as a Scheduled monument in North Yorkshire. The official title identifies barrow at this exact place.

Who made it and when

Historic England records New Bield round barrow and ringwork as a Scheduled monument. The saved title does not give a secure date or name every maker or resident, so neither is invented.

How it was made and used

The safest reading of the official title is a place connected with burial, gathering, belief or remembrance. The saved record does not name every person who made, used or changed it, so those names are left open.

What was found

The official record fixes the place and calls it Scheduled monument. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

What remains

The official record fixes the place and calls it Scheduled monument. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

Why it mattered

New Bield round barrow and ringwork matters because the national list fixes barrow in this exact local landscape. Its protected record preserves evidence of how people lived, worked, crossed, made things or shaped the land without borrowing a story from another place.

History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.

No photo yet

Add the human story, a picture, a first-hand message or a missing place.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add a pictureAdd its storyTalk or ask a questionAdd a new place

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.

Conversation about this place

Questions and messages sit beneath the source record. They are checked before appearing.

No questions or messages yet.

Ask a question or join the conversation