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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 450 metres north-west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a typical example of the burial mounds that characterise the prehistoric landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of a broader archaeological context reflecting the funerary practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in northern England. As a scheduled monument, the site retains significance for understanding prehistoric land use and mortuary ritual in the region.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 450m north-west of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007511. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 450 metres north-west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007511.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 450m 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 1007511.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (8.1 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.6 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE 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, 450m 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, 450m north-west of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.