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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 250m south-east of Vessey Pasture Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow is constructed as a simple earthen mound, characteristic of bowl barrow form, which represents one of the most common funerary structures of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically date to the second millennium before the common era and functioned as burial places for individuals of some status within their communities. The barrow survives as an archaeological feature on the Wolds landscape, contributing to the substantial corpus of Bronze Age funerary monuments that typify this region.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 250m south-east of Vessey Pasture Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007569. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 250m south-east of Vessey Pasture Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Yorkshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007569.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 250m south-east of Vessey Pasture 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 1007569.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.3 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.4 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (7.9 km).
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