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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 580m east of Aldro Farm, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound typical of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across southern Britain during the prehistoric period. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under designation 1007514, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of early burial practice and landscape use in the Wolds region. Bowl barrows of this type generally date from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, with many concentrated on chalk and limestone uplands where they remain visible features in the modern landscape.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 580m east of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007514. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 580m east of Aldro Farm, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007514.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 580m 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 1007514.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.8 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 (8.9 km).
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 580m east of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.