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Bowl barrow 420m east of Bristol Plain Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The barrow survives as a low mound, characteristic of bowl barrow form, which represents a common burial tradition across southern England during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and often served as focal points for ritual and communal memory within their respective Bronze Age communities. The barrow's survival and scheduling reflect its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practice in the region.
Bowl barrow 420m east of Bristol Plain Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010488. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 420m east 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 1010488.
Bowl barrow 420m east 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 1010488.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bracelet Cave (4.1 km), Badger Hole, Wookey (4.8 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 420m east of Bristol Plain Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 420m east 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.