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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold is a prehistoric funerary monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale. The barrow is a typical example of Bronze Age burial practice, consisting of an earthen mound with a characteristic bowl-shaped profile. As a scheduled ancient monument, it forms part of the broader distribution of burial mounds across the Wolds, reflecting the settlement and ceremonial patterns of Bronze Age communities in this region. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1007443.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007443. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold is a prehistoric funerary monument located in the Yorkshire Wolds between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007443.
A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale 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 1007443.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.4 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.5 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.3 km).
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A bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, between Birdsall Dale and Vessey Pasture Dale stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.