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Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House

England
List entry 1007731
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007731
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
TA 04905 35357
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a circular burial mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of elite burial architecture prevalent during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained primary inhumations and occasionally secondary burials, serving as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The barrow's survival to the present day provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the region.

Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007731. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House?

Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007731.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House?

Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House 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 1007731.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Baynard Castle (2.4 km), Beverley sanctuary limit stone, Bentley cross (2.6 km), Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 350m west of Butt Farm (3.6 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Baynard Castle
2.4 km
Beverley sanctuary limit stone, Bentley cross
2.6 km
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 350m west of Butt Farm
3.6 km
Risby Jacobean gardens, hall and medieval settlement remains
4.2 km
Haltemprice Augustinian priory
4.4 km
'Cellar Heads' moated site and related ridge and furrow earthworks at Risby Park, 700m north west of Risby Park Farm
4.4 km
Square barrow on Westwood Common, 120m south of Blackmill
4.5 km
Beverley sanctuary limit stone, Walkington cross
4.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House

Bowl barrow 400m north of Highfield House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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