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Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in the parish of Westmorland, England. The site consists of a circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across northern Britain during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, serving as focal points for Bronze Age communities and their ancestral commemoration. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice in the region.
Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011511. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in the parish of Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011511.
Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts 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 1011511.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell (2.1 km), Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe (2.1 km), Friar Biggins monastic grange (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.