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Auctioneer's Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 70 metres north-east of St John the Baptist's Church in Staffordshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary tradition of ritual burial mound construction characteristic of that period. Bowl barrows of this type typically comprised an earthen mound raised over a central burial or cremation deposit, often surrounded by a ditch from which material was extracted for the mound's construction. The survival of this monument as an upstanding earthwork provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Auctioneer's Mound; a bowl barrow 70m NE of St John the Baptist's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011065. View the official record →
Auctioneer's Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 70 metres north-east of St John the Baptist's Church in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011065.
Auctioneer's Mound; a bowl barrow 70m NE of St John the Baptist's Church 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 1011065.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Reynold's Orchard (3.1 km), Moated site, four pond bays and an associated enclosure at Willoughbridge Park (3.3 km), Moated site and pond at Charnes Old Hall (3.3 km).
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