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Bowl barrow 310m southeast of Eastwater Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across southern England during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for community ritual and commemoration. The barrow's survival reflects the archaeological importance of Somerset's upland regions for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns.
Bowl barrow 310m southeast of Eastwater Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009767. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 310m southeast of Eastwater Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009767.
Bowl barrow 310m southeast of Eastwater 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 1009767.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Browne's Gate (4.8 km), Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house (5 km), Bishop's tithe barn (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 310m southeast of Eastwater Farm'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 310m southeast of Eastwater Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.