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Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm

England

List entry 1009684

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1009684

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.03 hectares

Grid reference

SK 10775 48088

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. The site consists of a simple earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a prevalent burial form across prehistoric Britain during the third and second millennia before the present. Its proximity to Dale Abbey, a medieval Augustinian priory, places it within a landscape of long-term human settlement and religious significance, though the barrow itself predates the abbey by several millennia. The monument survives as an archaeological record of prehistoric mortuary practice in the English Midlands.

Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009684. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm?

Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009684.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm?

Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey 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 1009684.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Calwich Low bowl barrow (4.8 km), Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes (4.8 km), Marlpit Lane bowl barrow (5.1 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

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Calwich Low bowl barrow

4.8 km

Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes

4.8 km

Marlpit Lane bowl barrow

5.1 km

Ellastone Bridge

5.8 km

Bunbury hillfort: a univallate hillfort south west of Alton Towers

Bowl barrow 240m north-west of Rainroach Farm

7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm

Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm 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 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.4 miles

Domesday entry for Stanton, Staffordshire →

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