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Bowl barrow 550m southwest of Nordrach is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset. The barrow survives as a roughly circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure type across southern England during the prehistoric period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual activity within their contemporary landscapes. The site's survival and scheduling as a nationally important monument reflects its value as evidence for early funeral practices and settlement patterns in the Somerset region.
Bowl barrow 550m southwest of Nordrach is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011529. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 550m southwest of Nordrach is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011529.
Bowl barrow 550m southwest of Nordrach 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 1011529.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outlook Cave (7.3 km), Bracelet Cave (7.6 km), Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 550m southwest of Nordrach'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 550m southwest of Nordrach stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.