Details

The monument includes a prehistoric bowl barrow, one of a group in this area
of the Yorkshire Wolds. The barrow mound is 1.5m high and 54m in diameter.
Although no longer visible at ground level, a ditch, from which material was
excavated during the construction of the monument, surrounds the barrow mound.
This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature 4m
wide. The barrow was partially excavated by Canon Greenwell in the 19th
century, when a woodlined grave containing a single female inhumation
accompanied by a food vessel and a flint flake was found.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

Despite partial excavation and limited plough damage the barrow will retain
significant information on its original form and the manner and duration of
its usage. It will also contribute to an understanding of the wider group of
which it is a member.

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Sources

Books and journals
Greenwell, W , British Barrows, (1877), 300-301
'Yorks. Arch. Journal' in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal: Volume 42, , Vol. 42, (1969), 263
'Yorks. Arch. Journal' in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal: Volume 45, , Vol. 45, (1973), 199

Source: Historic England