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Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in North Yorkshire, situated approximately fifty metres north-west of Stone Sleights Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary monument characteristic of the period, when such burial mounds were constructed across the chalk and limestone uplands of Yorkshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork comprising a circular mound, though it has been subject to erosion and modification over the millennia since its original construction. As a scheduled ancient monument, it forms part of the archaeological landscape of the Wolds and contributes to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 50m north-west of Stone Sleights Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007498. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a bowl barrow located on Hanging Grimston Wold in North Yorkshire, situated approximately fifty metres north-west of Stone Sleights Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007498.
Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 50m 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 1007498.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale (9 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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