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Bowl barrow 430m north east of Stoke Woods is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The site represents a characteristic example of the round barrow tradition of the second millennium BCE, a burial practice prevalent throughout southern Britain during this period. The monument survives as an earthwork mound, typical of bowl barrows which form simple hemispherical tumuli without surrounding ditches or more elaborate structural features. Such monuments are archaeologically significant as indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow 430m north east of Stoke Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008088. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 430m north east of Stoke Woods is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008088.
Bowl barrow 430m north east 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 1008088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm (5.2 km), Bishop's palace (5.9 km), Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, Castle (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 430m north east of Stoke Woods's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 430m north east 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.