Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm

Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm

England
List entry 1007574
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England
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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately four hundred metres north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm in Yorkshire. The site comprises three distinct bowl barrows, the characteristic earthen mounds of the Bronze Age burial tradition that are widely distributed across the chalk and limestone uplands of northern England. These monuments represent the ritual landscape of the second and early first millennia BCE, when such barrows served as prominent markers of burial and territorial identity within agrarian communities. The barrows survive as archaeological features contributing to the wider Birdsall Wold complex, an area of significant Bronze Age activity and land use in the Yorkshire Wolds.

Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007574. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm?

Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately four hundred metres north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007574.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm?

Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture 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 1007574.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows on Birdsall Wold, 400m north-west of Vessey Pasture Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.8 km), Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.9 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.6 km).

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