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Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm

England
List entry 1008235
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008235
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
NY 51693 25937
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, Cumbria. The barrow survives as a rounded mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across upland areas of northern England during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents of this particular barrow are not documented in the available record. The site's survival in the landscape reflects the archaeological importance of Westmorland's Bronze Age burial tradition.

Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008235. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm?

Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, Cumbria. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008235.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm?

Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse 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 1008235.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on Knipescar Common (6.7 km), Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation (6.8 km), Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation (7.2 km).

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Monuments
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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

Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
6.7 km
Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
6.8 km
Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
7.2 km
Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
8.3 km
Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
8.4 km
Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
9.6 km
Round cairn on Burn Banks
9.8 km
Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm

Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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