Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Shelley Common in Essex, England. The monument forms part of a group of three barrows on the common, surviving as an earthwork burial mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practices in Essex. The barrow is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1009242, indicating its status as a designated archaeological monument of national importance. Such Bronze Age bowl barrows typically date to the second millennium before the Common Era and represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the region.

Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009242. View the official record →

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