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Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets

England
List entry 1012596
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012596
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SD 98644 75766
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, a common burial mound type from the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and represent significant investment in commemorating the dead. The site's survival and documented status within the national heritage record reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the region.

Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012596. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets?

Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012596.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets?

Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets 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 1012596.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement sites NW of Kilnsey (7.1 km), Enclosures and house sites NE of Hill Castles Scar (7.3 km), Hut circle, farm site and enclosures 340yds (310m) NE of Wassa Hill (7.5 km).

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Overview
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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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement sites NW of Kilnsey
7.1 km
Enclosures and house sites NE of Hill Castles Scar
7.3 km
Hut circle, farm site and enclosures 340yds (310m) NE of Wassa Hill
7.5 km
Fields and hut circles SE of Scot Gate Lane
8 km
Enclosures 600yds (550m) SE of Wassa Hill
8 km
Enclosure S of Bull Scar
8.1 km
Cairn on Old Pasture, 820m south east of Bull Scar
8.4 km
Enclosures on Old Pasture
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets

Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 120m north of Tor Dike on Little Hunters Sleets

CatterickRoman town · ~20.7 miles
Domesday entry for Starbotton, Yorkshire →
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