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Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm

England
List entry 1007631
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007631
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 56599 67081
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Tarporley in Cheshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in north-west England, constructed as a low rounded dome over a central burial or cremation. Such bowl barrows typically date to the period between 2000 and 1500 BCE, representing a significant phase of ceremonial monument construction across the British landscape. The site's survival and official listing reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Cheshire region.

Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007631. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm?

Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Tarporley in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007631.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm?

Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm 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 1007631.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishponds 500m SE of Eaton (4.2 km), Cross base and shaft in St Helen's churchyard (4.7 km), Darley Hall moated site (5 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site and fishponds 500m SE of Eaton
4.2 km
Cross base and shaft in St Helen's churchyard
4.7 km
Darley Hall moated site
5 km
Iddinshall Hall moated site
5.4 km
Garden gateway at Tilstone Hall 130m south of Tilstone Hall Farm
6.3 km
Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow
7.2 km
Beeston cast iron lock
7.3 km
Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm

Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm

Battle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~7.3 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~9.4 milesBattle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~17 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~21.9 miles
Domesday entry for Alretone, Cheshire →
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