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Boughton bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northamptonshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual activity within prehistoric landscapes. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important example of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the East Midlands region.
Boughton bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013321. View the official record →
Boughton bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013321.
Boughton 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 1013321.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old St John's Church (1.8 km), Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill (3.9 km), Northampton Castle, remains of (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boughton bowl barrow'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.
Boughton bowl barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.