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Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House

England
List entry 1010118
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010118
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SK 10805 50262
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. The site consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial mound type constructed during the Bronze Age across the English landscape. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and served as markers of territorial and social significance for prehistoric communities. The barrow's survival into the modern period, despite agricultural and landscape changes, renders it an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Midlands region.

Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010118. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House?

Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010118.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House?

Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House 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 1010118.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 600m south of Weaver Farm (4.2 km), Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm (5.5 km), Mayfield strip lynchets (6.3 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 600m south of Weaver Farm
4.2 km
Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm
5.5 km
Mayfield strip lynchets
6.3 km
Row Low bowl barrow
6.8 km
Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes
6.8 km
Calwich Low bowl barrow
6.8 km
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow
7.2 km
Ellastone Bridge
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House

Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.5 miles
Domesday entry for Musden and Musden, Staffordshire →
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