Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation

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History & significance

Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 500 metres north of Pasture Dale Plantation in Yorkshire. The barrow represents a common form of burial structure employed during the Bronze Age period, characterised by its distinctive bowl-shaped earthen mound raised over an inhumation or cremation burial. Such monuments served as both functional receptacles for the dead and visible territorial markers within the landscape, often positioned on higher ground to command views of surrounding terrain. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and forms part of the broader archaeological heritage of the Yorkshire wolds region, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns.

Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 500m north of Pasture Dale Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013866. View the official record →

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