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Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm

England
List entry 1007560
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007560
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SE 83901 63602
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across Bronze Age Britain dating broadly to the period between 2000 and 1000 BCE. Its position within the landscape near Wharram Percy reflects the Bronze Age pattern of burial monument placement in this region of northern England. The site is statutorily protected as a scheduled monument and represents an important survival of prehistoric funerary practice.

Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007560. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm?

Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007560.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm?

Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy 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 1007560.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.5 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.6 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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation
8.5 km
Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm
8.5 km
Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation
8.6 km
Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold
8.9 km
Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale
9.8 km
Round barrow 240m south-west of High Barn Farm
9.8 km
Round barrow 390m south-west of High Barn Farm
9.9 km
Round barrow 320m south-west of High Barn Farm
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm

Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 700m west of Wharram Percy Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~15.4 milesYorkRoman town · ~16.4 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~9.1 miles
Domesday entry for Wharram, Yorkshire →
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