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Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. The monument is a bowl-shaped barrow, a characteristic form of ritual burial structure common to both periods but particularly prevalent during the Bronze Age, and would have functioned as a funerary monument containing human remains or cremations. The barrow's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the archaeological importance of this upland landscape for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the English Midlands. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains significant for its contribution to knowledge of early Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary archaeology in the region.
Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009561. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009561.
Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill 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 1009561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mayfield strip lynchets (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm (8.4 km), Row Low bowl barrow (8.7 km).
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