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Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a simple earthwork of circular form, characteristic of the bowl barrow type commonly found across northern Britain during prehistory. Such barrows typically functioned as funerary monuments, often covering inhumed or cremated remains and serving as focal points for early communities. The site's location in Towthorpe Plantation, some 370 metres west-south-west of Canada Cottages, places it within a landscape that would have been utilised for both settlement and ritual purposes during the later prehistoric period.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 370m WSW of Canada Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013701. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013701.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 370m WSW of Canada Cottages 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 1013701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of linear boundary dyke in Cow Dale Plantation, Rabbit Dale and Oxland Plantation (8.5 km), Section of single linear boundary dyke in Horse Dale, 550m north west of Glebe Farm (8.5 km), Section of linear boundary dyke in and extending to the north west of Farclose Plantation towards Waterman Hole (8.8 km).
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