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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 300 metres north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm, is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument situated in the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow comprises a circular earthwork mound typical of its class, constructed as a funerary monument during a period when such structures served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within Bronze Age communities. The site lies within an archaeological landscape rich in prehistoric activity, forming part of the concentrated distribution of barrows characteristic of the Wolds region. Its survival as an upstanding earthwork preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices across the upland terrain of East Yorkshire.
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, 300 metres north-east of Vessey Pasture Farm, is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument situated in the Yorkshire Wolds. 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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