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Bowl barrow at King's Standing is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. The monument comprises a simple hemispherical mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form dating to the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for Bronze Age funerary practices. The site's survival and scheduled protection reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial customs in the region.
Bowl barrow at King's Standing is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016437. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at King's Standing is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016437.
Bowl barrow at King's Standing 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 1016437.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval deerpark and other archaeological remains in Sutton Park (2.8 km), Moated site, 15m south of Moat Farm (3.7 km), Perry Bridge (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at King's Standing'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 King's Standing stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.