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Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill

England
List entry 1009561
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009561
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SK 12632 52850
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill?

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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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Mayfield strip lynchets
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm
8.4 km
Row Low bowl barrow
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes
9 km
Calwich Low bowl barrow
9.1 km
Tinker's Inn bowl barrow, north
9.7 km
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow
9.9 km
Two bowl barrows at Osmaston Fields, north
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill

Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.5 miles
Domesday entry for Stanshope, Staffordshire →
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