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Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Three round barrows, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, are a type of burial monument typically associated with cremation burials and communal memory in prehistoric Britain. Their presence on Ness Head indicates a significant ritual landscape, reflecting early social and religious practices in the region.

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