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Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow form, which typically dates to the early Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as funerary monuments for high-status individuals and represent an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and social organisation in the Midlands region. The site's survival as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its significance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial landscape patterns in Shropshire.
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016667. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016667.
Bowl barrow at Eaton 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 1016667.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm (6.2 km), Cheney Longville ringwork (6.4 km), Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.