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Greenlands barrow group is a Bronze Age cemetery comprising five bowl barrows situated on Toisland Wold in Yorkshire, approximately 500 metres east of Toisland Farm. The barrows represent a characteristic funerary landscape of the second millennium BC, when such burial mounds were constructed across the upland regions of northern England. The site demonstrates the typical morphology of Yorkshire bowl barrows, which are relatively low, rounded earthen mounds marking individual or family burials. As a scheduled ancient monument, the group preserves important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices on the Wolds.
Greenlands barrow group: five bowl barrows on Toisland Wold, 500m east of Toisland Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007567. View the official record →
Greenlands barrow group is a Bronze Age cemetery comprising five bowl barrows situated on Toisland Wold in Yorkshire, approximately 500 metres east of Toisland Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007567.
Greenlands barrow group: five bowl barrows on Toisland Wold, 500m east of Toisland Farm 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 1007567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (8.3 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 450m NNE of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.4 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.5 km).
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