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Bowl barrow 340m east of Templedown Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Somerset. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound of characteristic bowl form, representing a common burial tradition of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and were often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of this barrow's internal structure and contents are not established in readily available records. The site's formal scheduling and national heritage listing reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow 340m east of Templedown Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011535. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 340m east of Templedown Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011535.
Bowl barrow 340m east of Templedown 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 1011535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bracelet Cave (6.5 km), Badger Hole, Wookey (7 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 340m east of Templedown 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 340m east of Templedown Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.