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Little Painley bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a earthen mound of circular form characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the prehistoric period. Such barrows served as focal points for community burial practice and often contained inhumations or cremations deposited within or beneath the mound structure. The site's survival and scheduling as a protected monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of early funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire landscape.
Little Painley bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009494. View the official record →
Little Painley bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009494.
Little Painley 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 1009494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Haugh Ringwork, Newsholme (0.7 km), Paythorne Bridge (1.2 km), Site of the Old Hall (1.5 km).
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