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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 380 metres north-west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a form of funerary architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age, when such burial mounds were constructed across the chalk uplands of the Wolds. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork, preserving evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the region. The site is protected as a scheduled monument under the national heritage designation system.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 380m north-west of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007510. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 380 metres north-west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007510.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 380m north-west 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 1007510.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (8 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 380m north-west of Aldro Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 380m north-west of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.