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Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres north-east of Towthorpe High Barn in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age across the English uplands. The barrow represents evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire region during the second millennium BCE. As a designated heritage monument, it forms part of the broader archaeological landscape documenting Bronze Age activity in this area of northern England.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 600m north east Towthorpe High Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013700. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres north-east of Towthorpe High Barn in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013700.
Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 600m north east Towthorpe High Barn 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 1013700.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of single linear boundary dyke in Horse Dale, 550m north west of Glebe Farm (8.2 km), Sections of linear boundary dyke in Cow Dale Plantation, Rabbit Dale and Oxland Plantation (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 340m south east of Watermanhole Reservoir (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Towthorpe Plantation, 600m north east Towthorpe High Barn'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 in Towthorpe Plantation, 600m north east Towthorpe High Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.