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Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn

England
List entry 1013702
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013702
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SE 88907 63978
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn is a prehistoric burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a characteristic form of funerary architecture from this period, constructed as a simple earthen mound to cover a central burial or burials. Bowl barrows of this type are among the most common prehistoric monuments surviving in the English landscape, typically measuring between 15 and 30 metres in diameter with heights varying considerably depending on subsequent erosion and land use. The site's survival and scheduled status reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Yorkshire.

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013702. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn?

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn is a prehistoric burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013702.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn?

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn 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 1013702.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of linear boundary dyke in Cow Dale Plantation, Rabbit Dale and Oxland Plantation (8 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.9 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.9 km).

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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Cow Dale Plantation, Rabbit Dale and Oxland Plantation
8 km
Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation
8.9 km
Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation
8.9 km
Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation
9 km
Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds
9 km
Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal Dale
9.1 km
Section of double linear boundary dyke west of Far Out Field, Millington Wold
9.7 km
Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Towthorpe High Barn

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~13.6 milesYorkRoman town · ~19.3 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~11.8 miles
Domesday entry for Burdale, Yorkshire →
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