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Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately one kilometre north-northeast of Burdale North Wold in Yorkshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, which represent one of the most common burial monument types of the Bronze Age across the Yorkshire Wolds. Such structures functioned as funerary deposits for prominent members of prehistoric communities and often contained cremated or inhumed remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods. The barrow's survival within Towthorpe Plantation indicates its preservation as a landscape feature of archaeological significance within the wider Bronze Age funerary landscape of the region.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 1km NNE of Burdale North Wold is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013713. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately one kilometre north-northeast of Burdale North Wold in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013713.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 1km NNE of Burdale North Wold 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 1013713.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of linear boundary dyke in Cow Dale Plantation, Rabbit Dale and Oxland Plantation (8.1 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.8 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.8 km).
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