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Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure type dating to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumed or cremated remains and were often positioned to be visible within the landscape, serving both as burial places and territorial markers. The site's designation on the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Somerset region.
Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011918. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011918.
Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods 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 1011918.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm (5.3 km), Bishop's palace (6.2 km), Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, Castle (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 420m north of Stoke Woods stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.