Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHigh Wood bowl barrow

High Wood bowl barrow

England
List entry 1010446
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010446
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SD 95367 56006
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

High Wood bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire, England. The monument takes the form of a round barrow of the bowl type, a common funerary structure dating to the Bronze Age period when such earthworks were constructed as grave markers over inhumed or cremated remains. Bowl barrows of this era typically consist of a simple mound of earth raised over a central burial, often accompanied by grave goods that reflect the social status and beliefs of the period. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Yorkshire landscape.

High Wood bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010446. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is High Wood bowl barrow?

High Wood bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010446.

Who is responsible for protecting High Wood bowl barrow?

High Wood bowl barrow 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 1010446.

What other scheduled monuments are near High Wood bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock with at least 15 cups 240m south of Great Wood Laithe, Horse Close Hill (6.9 km), Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm (7 km), Rock with one cup at the base of a wall, 250m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill (7.1 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under High Wood bowl barrow

High Wood bowl barrow stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around High Wood bowl barrow

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~23 miles