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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 300 metres north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a characteristic form of funerary architecture from the Bronze Age period, comprising a circular mound of earth and stone raised over a primary burial. Bowl barrows of this type were commonly constructed across the English landscape during the Bronze Age, typically serving as communal or family burial grounds where successive interments might occur. The Birdsall Wold example survives as an archaeological monument of significance to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire region.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 300m north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007570. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 300 metres north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007570.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 300m north-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 1007570.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.7 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.8 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.1 km).
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 300m north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.