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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 100 metres west of Stone Sleights Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary monument of the type commonly constructed during the second millennium BCE across the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow survives as an earthwork comprising a circular mound with a defined bowl-shaped depression, characteristic of burial mounds from this period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it contributes to the archaeological landscape of the Wolds and provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the region.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007497. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 100 metres west of Stone Sleights Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007497.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights 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 1007497.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale (9.1 km), Round barrow 390m south-west of High Barn Farm (9.5 km), Round barrow 320m south-west of High Barn Farm (9.6 km).
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