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Aldro earthworks is a Bronze Age funerary and territorial monument comprising seven bowl barrows and associated linear boundary features located on Birdsall Wold in Yorkshire. The barrows represent burial monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, when such mounded structures were constructed across upland areas of northern England to mark the graves of prominent individuals and family groups. The linear boundary element suggests territorial organisation and land division contemporary with the barrow cemetery, indicating structured use of the landscape during the Bronze Age. The site's position on Birdsall Wold places it within a broader zone of prehistoric activity in the Yorkshire Wolds, an area particularly rich in such archaeological remains.
Aldro earthworks: seven bowl barrows and part of a linear boundary on Birdsall Wold, 220m east-north-east of Aldro Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007456. View the official record →
Aldro earthworks is a Bronze Age funerary and territorial monument comprising seven bowl barrows and associated linear boundary features located on Birdsall Wold in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007456.
Aldro earthworks: seven bowl barrows and part of a linear boundary on Birdsall Wold, 220m east-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 1007456.
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 (9.2 km).
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