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Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of an earthen mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile. The barrow represents a common form of burial practice in prehistoric Britain, when such monuments served as prominent territorial markers and communal or elite burial places within the landscape. Located in Yorkshire, the site forms part of a wider distribution of barrow monuments characteristic of the region's prehistoric settlement and ritual practices. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument and remains a significant archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary customs and landscape use in northern England.
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013991. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of an earthen mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013991.
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill 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 1013991.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square barrow on Westwood Common, 120m south of Blackmill (0.3 km), Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 350m west of Butt Farm (2.2 km), Beverley sanctuary limit stone, Walkington cross (2.4 km).
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