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A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow is characterised by a circular earthwork mound, typical of the bowl barrow form, which represents one of the most common mortuary structures of prehistoric Britain. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial sites and reflect the ritual and social practices of early farming communities in northern England. The site's location on the elevated terrain of Toisland Wold demonstrates the strategic placement of these monuments within the Bronze Age landscape of Yorkshire.
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007566. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Yorkshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007566.
A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland 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 1007566.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.3 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.4 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.5 km).
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A bowl barrow on Toisland Wold, 580m east of Toisland Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.