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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Birdsall Wold in Yorkshire, approximately 500 metres north-west of Brown Moor Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of burial mound characteristic of this prehistoric period. The barrow survives as an earthwork comprising a circular mound, typical of the funerary monuments that were constructed across the Yorkshire Wolds during the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled monument, Aldro earthworks contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in this region.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m north-west of Brown Moor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007482. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Birdsall Wold in Yorkshire, approximately 500 metres north-west of Brown Moor Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007482.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m north-west of Brown Moor 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 1007482.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.5 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m north-west of Brown Moor Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m north-west of Brown Moor Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.