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Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery

England
List entry 1011128
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011128
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
ST 50613 63916
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery in Somerset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which represents a common form of elite burial practice during the Bronze Age. As a component of a wider barrow cemetery, it reflects the significance of the Redhill locality as a focus for prehistoric ritual and funerary activity. The site is protected as a designated heritage monument under the National Heritage List for England.

Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011128. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011128.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery 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 1011128.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 590m south-east of Charterhouse Warren Farm (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 250m northeast of King Down Farm (9.6 km).

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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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 590m south-east of Charterhouse Warren Farm
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 250m northeast of King Down Farm
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 430m northwest of King Down Farm
9.7 km
Bowl barrow 70m northeast of King Down Farm
9.7 km
Round barrows in and near Wright's Piece
9.7 km
Bowl barrow 150m southwest of King Down Farm
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 340m north-east of Wellington Farm
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery

Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery 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 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery

BathRoman town · ~15.1 milesGlastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~15.7 milesCaerwentRoman town · ~16.7 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~14 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.1 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~19.9 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~22.9 miles
Domesday entry for Butcombe, Somerset →
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