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Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Yorkshire Wolds near Horsedale Plantation. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound of modest proportions, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed across the chalk downlands of eastern England during the prehistoric period. Such monuments typically functioned as communal or individual burial sites, with their simple hemispherical form distinguishing them from more elaborate barrow types. The site's location on Huggate Wold places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric burial monuments, reflecting the sustained use of the Wolds as a burial ground across several millennia.
Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 460m WNW of western corner of Horsedale Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013858. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Yorkshire Wolds near Horsedale Plantation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013858.
Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 460m WNW of western corner of Horsedale Plantation 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 1013858.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 915m north east of Dalton Gates Farm (6.6 km), Round barrow 930m north east of Dalton Gates Farm (6.6 km), Two round barrows 820m north east of Dalton Gates Farm (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 460m WNW of western corner of Horsedale Plantation'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 Huggate Wold, 460m WNW of western corner of Horsedale Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.