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Bowl barrow at Charles Head

England
List entry 1011164
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011164
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 97659 78791
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow at Charles Head is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cheshire, England. The barrow takes the form of a simple mound with a circular plan, characteristic of the bowl barrow type that was widely constructed during the Bronze Age. As a funerary monument, it represents the burial practices and ritual traditions of Bronze Age communities in the North West of England. The site remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity in the Cheshire landscape.

Bowl barrow at Charles Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011164. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow at Charles Head?

Bowl barrow at Charles Head is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011164.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow at Charles Head?

Bowl barrow at Charles Head 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 1011164.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow at Charles Head?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 160m south of Blue Boar Farm (2.5 km), Bowl barrow 100m west of Black Rock Farm (2.8 km), Yearn's Low bowl barrow (3.1 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 160m south of Blue Boar Farm
2.5 km
Bowl barrow 100m west of Black Rock Farm
2.8 km
Yearn's Low bowl barrow
3.1 km
Standing stone at Ginclough 400m WSW of Gin Clough Farm
3.2 km
Deerpound on Toot Hill
6.8 km
Bowl barrow on Toot Hill
6.9 km
Part of Goyt's Moss colliery, centered 220m south west of Derbyshire Bridge
7.9 km
Moated site at Jarman Farm
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow at Charles Head

Bowl barrow at Charles Head stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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