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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in North Yorkshire, situated approximately 400 metres north-west of Stone Sleights Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary structure typical of that period, when such burial mounds were constructed across the Yorkshire Wolds landscape. As a bowl barrow, it consists of an earthen mound of relatively simple form, characteristic of early Bronze Age mortuary practices in northern England. The site is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1007496, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns on the Wolds.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 400m north-west of Stone Sleights Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007496. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in North Yorkshire, situated approximately 400 metres north-west of Stone Sleights Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007496.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 400m north-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 1007496.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.6 km), Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale (9.4 km), Round barrow 390m south-west of High Barn Farm (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 400m north-west of Stone Sleights Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 400m north-west of Stone Sleights Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.