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Bowl barrow on Asby Mask is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, in the northwest of England. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, with the distinctive bowl-shaped profile that defines this class of monument. Located on Asby Mask, an area of upland terrain, it represents evidence of burial practices and land use during the Bronze Age period. The site is recorded as a protected monument under the National Heritage List for England.
Bowl barrow on Asby Mask is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011156. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Asby Mask is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, in the northwest of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011156.
Bowl barrow on Asby Mask 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 1011156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Smardale railway viaduct (4.7 km), Smardale South Demesne medieval village (5.3 km), Two round cairns, three Romano-British settlements and aggregate field systems at Severals and Intake, and Smardale Gill lime kilns and quarry (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Asby Mask'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 on Asby Mask stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.