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Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age, roughly between 2200 and 700 BCE. Such barrows typically served as burial places for individuals of some social standing and often contained cremated or inhumed remains along with grave goods. The barrow's survival on Westwood Common represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire region.
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 Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill'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 Westwood Common, 150m north of Blackmill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.