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Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest

England
List entry 1008398
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008398
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SP 33897 16605
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Oxfordshire. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow typology, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age period. The site is situated within Wychwood Forest, an area with a long history of archaeological interest and Bronze Age activity. As a scheduled ancient monument registered under NHLE list entry 1008398, it forms part of the important archaeological heritage of the Wychwood landscape and represents evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008398. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest?

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008398.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest?

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest 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 1008398.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (4.9 km), Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods (5.3 km), Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall (5.4 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
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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

Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
4.9 km
Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
5.3 km
Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
5.4 km
Minster Lovell Hall
5.5 km
Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch west of Common Farm
5.9 km
Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
6 km
Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
6.5 km
Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest

AlchesterRoman town · ~14.6 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~20.3 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~21.5 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~12 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~20.1 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~20.6 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~21.9 miles
Domesday entry for Wychwood, Oxfordshire →
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