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Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm

England
List entry 1007497
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007497
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
SE 80252 61689
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Hanging Grimston Wold in Yorkshire, England, approximately 100 metres west of Stone Sleights Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of burial mound characteristic of that period. The barrow survives as an earthwork, preserving evidence of ancient funerary practice on the Yorkshire Wolds. It is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1007497.

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm?

Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow situated on Hanging Grimston Wold in Yorkshire, England, approximately 100 metres west of Stone Sleights Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007497.

Who is responsible for protecting Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm?

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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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 230m south west of High Barn Farm
9.7 km
Round barrow 360m south-west of High Barn Farm
9.7 km
Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm
9.7 km
Round barrow 100m SW of Cobdale Farm
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm

Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm

YorkRoman town · ~13.9 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~17.8 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~24.7 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~6.5 miles
Domesday entry for Grimston, Yorkshire →
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