Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park

England
List entry 1008415
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008415
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SP 32994 19399
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park is a Bronze Age burial mound located within Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common burial type of the Bronze Age characterised by a circular earthwork mound with a relatively shallow depression at its apex. Though no detailed excavation records for this specific barrow are widely documented, bowl barrows of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and represent funerary monuments associated with Bronze Age communities in southern England. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature within the landscape of Cornbury Park, contributing to the archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the Oxfordshire region.

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008415. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park?

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park is a Bronze Age burial mound located within Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008415.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park?

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park 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 1008415.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (6.4 km), Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods (6.6 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (7.4 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park

Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.