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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Birdsall Wold in North Yorkshire, approximately 450 metres north-west of Aldro Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of numerous burial mounds that characterise the prehistoric landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow survives as a earthen mound of typical bowl form, a common burial monument type across this region during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in northern England.
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 situated on Birdsall Wold in North Yorkshire, approximately 450 metres north-west of Aldro Farm. 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).
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