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Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm

England
List entry 1014562
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014562
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SP 30476 21932
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Oxfordshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common funerary form of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the deceased. The site's preservation within the modern landscape provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the region.

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014562. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm?

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014562.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm?

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill 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 1014562.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm (6.4 km), Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield (6.5 km), Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church (6.6 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

Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
6.4 km
Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
6.5 km
Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
6.6 km
Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
7.1 km
Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
7.3 km
Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
7.6 km
Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
7.7 km
Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm

AlchesterRoman town · ~16.6 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~21.3 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~8.5 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~17.1 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~18.8 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Sarsden, Oxfordshire →
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