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Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir

England
List entry 1013863
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013863
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85763 57353
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk wolds of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a round earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow form, a burial mound type common across the Wolds during the prehistoric period. Its position on Huggate Wold places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric funerary monuments, reflecting the significance of the chalk uplands as a focus for burial activity in antiquity. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under designation reference 1013863.

Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013863. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir?

Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk wolds of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013863.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir?

Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir 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 1013863.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 600m west of Newcote Farm (6.7 km), Site of Warter Augustinian Priory (7 km), Round barrow 915m north east of Dalton Gates Farm (7.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 600m west of Newcote Farm
6.7 km
Site of Warter Augustinian Priory
7 km
Round barrow 915m north east of Dalton Gates Farm
7.3 km
Round barrow 930m north east of Dalton Gates Farm
7.3 km
Two round barrows 820m north east of Dalton Gates Farm
7.3 km
Ousethorpe medieval settlement, moat and mill 310m south of Ousethorpe Farm
7.6 km
Bowl barrow 720m NNW of Farberry Garth Farm
8.3 km
Bowl barrow 760m NNE of Farberry Garth Farm
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir

Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Huggate Wold, 700m NNW of Watermanhole Reservoir

YorkRoman town · ~16.2 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~18.1 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~8.6 miles
Domesday entry for Greenwick, Yorkshire →
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