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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 500 metres west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary structure typical of the period, constructed as a burial mound to contain and commemorate the dead. The barrow survives as an earthwork depression with characteristic bowl-shaped form, evidence of the considerable antiquity of this landscape feature. As a scheduled ancient monument with formal designation under the National Heritage List for England, it contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire Wolds.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m west of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007503. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Birdsall Wold, approximately 500 metres west of Aldro Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007503.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 500m 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 1007503.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.8 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.4 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, 500m 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, 500m west of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.