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Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation

England
List entry 1007410
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007410
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NY 53094 19500
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. The site consists of a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary form constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumed or cremated human remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual activity within prehistoric landscapes. The barrow's survival to the present day makes it an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the upland regions of northern England.

Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007410. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation?

Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007410.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation?

Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation 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 1007410.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds (4.6 km), Skellaw Hill bowl barrow (4.8 km), Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey (4.8 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
4.6 km
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
4.8 km
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
4.8 km
Keld Chapel
5.5 km
Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
5.8 km
Round cairn west of White Raise
6.1 km
Round cairn on White Raise
6.1 km
Shap Stone Alignment
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation

Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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