Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBlake Low bowl barrow

Blake Low bowl barrow

England
List entry 1008969
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008969
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SK 08772 58850
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Blake Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age characterised by a rounded mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed or cremated burial. Such barrows typically date from the second millennium before Christ and represent important evidence of burial practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age period. The site's survival as an identifiable archaeological feature contributes to understanding the prehistoric settlement and ritual landscape of Staffordshire.

Blake Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008969. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Blake Low bowl barrow?

Blake Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008969.

Who is responsible for protecting Blake Low bowl barrow?

Blake Low bowl barrow 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 1008969.

What other scheduled monuments are near Blake Low bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 230m west of summit of Musden Low (9.1 km), Bowl barrow on Milk Hill (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 50m west of summit of Musden Low (9.3 km).

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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
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Blake Low bowl barrow

Blake Low bowl barrow stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Blake Low bowl barrow

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 miles