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Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Leicestershire, England. The site comprises a circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common type of burial mound constructed during the Bronze Age in Britain, typically raised over cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. The barrow's form and construction reflect the ritual practices and social structures of Bronze Age communities in the East Midlands. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial custom and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010198. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Leicestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010198.
Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton 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 1010198.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of chapel in Lindley Park (1.7 km), Manduessedum Roman villa and settlement with associated industrial complex (3.1 km), Moat and fishponds at Ratcliffe Culey (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton'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 Fenny Drayton stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.