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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a simple hemispherical mound characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of Bronze Age burial cairn in northern Britain, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. The barrow represents evidence of prehistoric ceremonial practices and elite burial customs in the region, forming part of a wider landscape of Bronze Age mortuary sites across the Yorkshire Wolds and surrounding areas. The monument remains substantially preserved as an earthwork feature, retaining archaeological and historical significance as a tangible record of Bronze Age settlement and funerary traditions.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007518. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007518.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007518.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Archbishop's moated palace and fishponds, Hall Garth. (8.3 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (8.5 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 100m west of Swinham Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.