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Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire. The site consists of a round mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a burial form prevalent during the Bronze Age period across southern England. Such monuments typically contained inhumations or cremations deposited within or beneath the earthwork, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the deceased. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature within the landscape, representing evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009429. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009429.
Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns 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 1009429.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest (7.2 km), Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest (7.5 km), Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 270m east of Spelsburydown Farm barns stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.