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Bowl barrow on Westwood Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately fifty metres north of Blackmill in Yorkshire. The barrow survives as a roughly circular mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, the most common type of Bronze Age burial mound in Britain. Such monuments typically date from the period between approximately 2200 and 1500 BC, serving as focal points for ritual activity and the interment of high-status individuals within their communities. The barrow's survival as a recognisable earthwork demonstrates the persistence of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Yorkshire landscape, though like many similar monuments it has been subject to erosion and agricultural activity over subsequent millennia.
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 50m north of Blackmill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013992. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately fifty metres north of Blackmill in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013992.
Bowl barrow on Westwood Common, 50m 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 1013992.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square barrow on Westwood Common, 120m south of Blackmill (0.2 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, 50m 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, 50m north of Blackmill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.