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Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House

England
List entry 1008908
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008908
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
SD 70643 37457
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Silverdale in Lancashire. The barrow survives as a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of Bronze Age funerary monument in Britain, typically dating to the period between 2000 and 1500 BC. Such monuments represent significant centres of ritual activity and commemorate individuals of status within Bronze Age communities. The survival of this example contributes to understanding settlement patterns and funerary practices in the Lancashire landscape during the prehistoric period.

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008908. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House?

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Silverdale in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008908.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House?

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat 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 1008908.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 170m north east of Hacking Boat House (0.3 km), The Old Lower Hodder Bridge (1.7 km), Bailey Hall moated site, fishponds and chantry of St John the Baptist. (2.8 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 170m north east of Hacking Boat House
0.3 km
The Old Lower Hodder Bridge
1.7 km
Bailey Hall moated site, fishponds and chantry of St John the Baptist.
2.8 km
Whalley Cistercian abbey
2.8 km
Three high crosses in St Mary's churchyard
2.9 km
Whalley Bridge
3.1 km
Portfield hillfort
4.4 km
Eadsford (or Edisford) Bridge
4.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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