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Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap

England
List entry 1016822
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016822
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SO 42793 96862
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire. The site comprises a bowl barrow, a common burial mound type of the Bronze Age period, alongside an adjacent section of boundary bank. The barrow represents typical Bronze Age mortuary practice in the region, when such earthwork monuments served as prominent landscape markers and centres for ceremonial activity. The associated boundary bank indicates later prehistoric or possibly early historic land division and agricultural organisation at or near the barrow location.

Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016822. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap?

Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016822.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap?

Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap 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 1016822.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill. (6.8 km), Two conjoined ring cairns on Synald's Knoll, 140m north-west of OS trig pillar. (7 km), Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. (7.1 km).

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Roman Britain
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill.
6.8 km
Two conjoined ring cairns on Synald's Knoll, 140m north-west of OS trig pillar.
7 km
Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.
7.1 km
Roman road at Marshbrook
7.4 km
Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.
7.6 km
Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall
7.7 km
Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
8 km
Hardwick castle motte and bailey castle 140m WSW of Hardwick Hall
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap

Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap 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 and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~9.8 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~11.3 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~13.5 miles
Domesday entry for Ratlinghope, Shropshire →
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