Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it

What the official index records

Historic England / Planning Data records this location as Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it. Our atlas groups it under other wartime defences using that source wording.

Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it is recorded by Historic England under reference 1010078. The supplied index identifies Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it. Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.

Record details

Category

Other wartime defences

Source classification

Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it

Period / construction dates

Not established from this index

Current condition

Not verified

Designation

Scheduled monument

Designation date

1963-01-09

Nearest reference town

Whitby (approximate)

County / historic source county

Not supplied

County or local authority (ONS)

North Yorkshire

Nation

England

Source record ID

1010078

Coordinates

54.475407, -0.850936 (reference point, not an entrance)

Index checked

2026-09-13

Source last updated

1995-02-16

Published access reviewed

Not yet verified

Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.