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Bowl barrow at Swale Hall is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument form of the Bronze Age period. It survives as a substantial earthen mound and represents an important archaeological witness to prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Yorkshire. The barrow forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Bronze Age ritual and commemorative sites across the region.
Bowl barrow at Swale Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012599. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Swale Hall is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012599.
Bowl barrow at Swale Hall 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 1012599.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works (5.5 km), Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill (5.6 km), Bolton Castle (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Swale Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow at Swale Hall stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.