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Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills

England
List entry 1013620
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013620
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
TA 17941 67756
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument forms one of two bowl barrows that comprise the Butt Hills group, representing a characteristic funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows, defined by their simple hemispherical mound form, served as communal or individual burial deposits and constitute some of the most numerous surviving prehistoric monuments in upland Britain. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the durability of this burial monument class across millennia.

Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013620. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills?

Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013620.

Who is responsible for protecting Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills?

Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills 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 1013620.

What other scheduled monuments are near Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eastern bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills (0.1 km), The Bayle Gate, Bridlington (0.4 km), Deserted medieval village of Hilderthorpe with associated ridge and furrow field system (2.3 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Eastern bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills
0.1 km
The Bayle Gate, Bridlington
0.4 km
Deserted medieval village of Hilderthorpe with associated ridge and furrow field system
2.3 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Home Farm, Sewerby
2.9 km
Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255
4 km
Bowl barrow 200m west of Crest Cottages
4.9 km
Sands Wood round barrow
5.1 km
Settlement site at Boynton Hall
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills

Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Western bowl barrow of a pair known as the Butt Hills

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~15.3 miles
Domesday entry for Bridlington, Yorkshire →
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