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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Birdsall Wold in North Yorkshire, approximately 80 metres north-east of Aldro Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary mound constructed as a burial deposit, characteristic of the barrow-building tradition prevalent in Yorkshire during this period. The earthwork survives as a discernible raised mound, preserving evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice on the Yorkshire Wolds. The site is protected as a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List for England.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 80m north-east of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007457. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Birdsall Wold in North Yorkshire, approximately 80 metres north-east of Aldro Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007457.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Birdsall Wold, 80m north-east 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 1007457.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.9 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.2 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, 80m north-east 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, 80m north-east of Aldro Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.