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Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm

England
List entry 1010486
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010486
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
ST 50742 52157
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a prehistoric burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument is a bowl barrow, a characteristic Bronze Age funerary structure comprising an earthen mound raised over a central burial pit, typically dating to the second millennium BC. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument, registered under NHLE list entry 1010486. Such monuments are significant archaeological indicators of Bronze Age burial practices and landscape use in the region, contributing to understanding of prehistoric settlement and social organisation in the Somerset landscape.

Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010486. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm?

Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm is a prehistoric burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010486.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm?

Bowl barrow 410m 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 1010486.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bracelet Cave (4.1 km), Badger Hole, Wookey (4.9 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (4.9 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bracelet Cave
4.1 km
Badger Hole, Wookey
4.9 km
Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey
4.9 km
Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm
6.5 km
Bishop's palace
6.6 km
Browne's Gate
7.6 km
Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house
7.8 km
Bishop's tithe barn
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm

Bowl barrow 410m 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.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 410m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~8.4 milesBathRoman town · ~17 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~18.3 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~18.4 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~14 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~15.8 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.5 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~17.5 miles
Domesday entry for Stoke, Somerset →
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