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Boswell bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 700 metres north of Cocked Hat Plantation in Lincolnshire. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a distinctive burial structure characterised by a circular mound with a central depression or bowl-shaped hollow at its summit. Such monuments are typical of the prehistoric period and served as communal or individual burial sites for early farming communities. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and remains an important archaeological record of early settlement and burial practices in the region.
Boswell bowl barrow, 700m north of Cocked Hat Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017877. View the official record →
Boswell bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 700 metres north of Cocked Hat Plantation in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017877.
Boswell bowl barrow, 700m north of Cocked Hat Plantation 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 1017877.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Barrow 360m south of Black Plantation (6.2 km), Long Barrow 440m south-west of Black Plantation (6.3 km), Long barrow to the north of Withcall (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boswell bowl barrow, 700m north of Cocked Hat Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boswell bowl barrow, 700m north of Cocked Hat Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.