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Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.

England
List entry 1007333
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007333
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SO 40331 90237
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. The monument comprises a circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial places for individuals of elevated status within their communities and represent a significant archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns. The site's survival and official designation reflect its archaeological importance in documenting prehistoric land use and social organisation in the Shropshire region.

Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007333. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.?

Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007333.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.?

Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. 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 1007333.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm (3.4 km), Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill (3.6 km), Billings Ring large univallate hillfort (4 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
3.4 km
Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill
3.6 km
Billings Ring large univallate hillfort
4 km
Upper Barn moat
4.5 km
Cheney Longville ringwork
5.5 km
Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville
5.6 km
Bowl barrow 120m south west of Belair
6.7 km
Small multivallate hillfort at Burrow, 750m WSW of St Mary's Church
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.

Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~7.1 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~15.3 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~17.9 miles
Domesday entry for Myndtown, Shropshire →
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