Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church

Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church

England
List entry 1014583
Nation
England
Boundary

Scheduled area

© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church is a prehistoric burial mound located in Cumberland, England. The monument is a bowl barrow, a common form of Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of an earthen mound raised over a central burial or burials. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1014583 and represents the type of ceremonial landscape features that characterise Bronze Age settlement patterns in northern England. Bowl barrows of this kind typically date to the second millennium BC and served as focal points for community ritual and the commemoration of the dead.

Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014583. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church?

Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church is a prehistoric burial mound located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014583.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church?

Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church 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 1014583.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church (0.1 km), Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church (0.3 km), Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions (2.6 km).

Aubrey Research

Generate a full report for this location

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.

Research the area around Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church