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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 →
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.
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.
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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