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Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common

England
List entry 1009244
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009244
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
TL 54742 05093
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Shelley Common in Essex. It forms part of a small barrow cemetery comprising three round mounds on the common, representing a notable concentration of prehistoric burial activity in the region. The barrow is classified as a bowl barrow, a common form of Bronze Age burial mound characterised by a simple domed profile. As a scheduled ancient monument, it retains archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Essex.

Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009244. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common?

Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Shelley Common in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009244.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common?

Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common 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 1009244.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (0 km), Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (0.1 km), Ongar Castle (2.1 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
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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
0 km
Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
0.1 km
Ongar Castle
2.1 km
A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt
4.3 km
Moated site known as Spriggs
5.4 km
Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch
5.6 km
Moat House moated site
5.6 km
Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common

Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common

LondonRoman town · ~20.2 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Shelley, Essex →
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