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Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The barrow survives as a roughly circular earthwork mound typical of bowl barrow forms, which represent one of the most common funerary structures of the Bronze Age in Britain. Such monuments typically date to the second millennium BC and functioned as burial sites for individuals of elevated social status within prehistoric communities. The barrow's survival in the upland landscape of the Mendips contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in the region.
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010642. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010642.
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren 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 1010642.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane (6.2 km), Bracelet Cave (6.9 km), Badger Hole, Wookey (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.