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Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The barrow is a characteristic example of the bowl barrow type, which represents one of the most common forms of burial mound constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically consist of a single mound of earth and stone covering an inhumation or cremation burial, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010483. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010483.
Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain 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 1010483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Badger Hole, Wookey (5 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (5 km), Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 390m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.