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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 425m east of Aldro Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The site consists of a circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a widespread form of burial cairn found across the English uplands and dating primarily to the Bronze Age, though some examples originate in the Neolithic period. Bowl barrows typically contained primary inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods such as pottery and metalwork, and served as focal points for ceremonial activity and territorial demarcation within prehistoric communities. This particular barrow survives as an earthwork and contributes to the dense concentration of prehistoric monuments recorded across Birdsall Wold, an area of archaeological significance in North Yorkshire.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 425m east of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007512. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 425m east of Aldro Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007512.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 425m east of Aldro 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 1007512.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.7 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (9 km).
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 425m east of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.