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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 600m north-east of Toisland Farm, is a prehistoric burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument is a bowl barrow, a form of earthwork characteristic of the Bronze Age, comprising a circular mound of earth raised over one or more inhumation burials. Such barrows represent significant evidence of funerary practice and social organisation during the Bronze Age period. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as a surviving example of this burial tradition in the Yorkshire landscape.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 600m north-east of Toisland Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007533. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 600m north-east of Toisland Farm, is a prehistoric burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007533.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 600m north-east of Toisland Farm 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 1007533.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.6 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.6 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.7 km).
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Brow, 600m north-east of Toisland Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.