Scheduled MonumentsEnglandAldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold

Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold

England
List entry 1007517
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007517
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
SE 79865 63030
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Aldro earthworks is a Bronze Age funerary and territorial monument complex located on Leavening Wold in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The site comprises a bowl barrow and a square barrow, both typical burial mounds of the Bronze Age period, together with a section of cross-dyke which represents a linear earthwork likely associated with territorial demarcation or stock management. The surviving monuments demonstrate the landscape's use during the later prehistoric period for both ceremonial burial practices and land organisation, reflecting the settlement patterns and social structures of Bronze Age Yorkshire communities.

Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007517. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold?

Aldro earthworks is a Bronze Age funerary and territorial monument complex located on Leavening Wold in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007517.

Who is responsible for protecting Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold?

Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold 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 1007517.

What other scheduled monuments are near Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Archbishop's moated palace and fishponds, Hall Garth. (7.6 km), Round barrow 400m north east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.7 km), Round barrow 300m south west of Callis Wold Farm (8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold

Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow, a square barrow and part of a cross-dyke on Leavening Wold

YorkRoman town · ~14 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~17.3 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~24.4 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~6.9 miles