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Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm

England
List entry 1011123
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011123
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 65341 69406
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cheshire. The barrow is a substantial earthwork comprising a circular mound that would originally have served as a covering for a cremation or inhumation burial, typical of funerary practice in the Bronze Age period. Such monuments are scattered across the Cheshire landscape and represent important archaeological evidence for settlement patterns and ritual practices during the second millennium BC. The barrow survives as a visible topographical feature and is protected as a nationally important archaeological monument through its listing on the National Heritage List for England.

Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011123. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm?

Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011123.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm?

Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm 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 1011123.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Vale Royal Abbey (1.6 km), Bostock Hall moated site. (3.2 km), Cross base at Salterswall on the road junction 150m WNW of Westholme Farm (3.5 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Vale Royal Abbey
1.6 km
Bostock Hall moated site.
3.2 km
Cross base at Salterswall on the road junction 150m WNW of Westholme Farm
3.5 km
Marton moated monastic grange, three fishponds, connecting channels and base of stone cross
3.6 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Chad's Church, Over, 10m from the south wall of the chancel
4.4 km
Drakelow Hall moated site, fishponds and moated enclosure
5.1 km
King Street Roman fort, Harbutt's Field
5.5 km
Kinderton Hall moated site, two annexes, five fishponds, garden and prospect mound
5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm

Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm

Battle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~9.9 milesBattle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~12.9 milesBattle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~15.9 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~21.7 miles
Domesday entry for Moulton, Cheshire →
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