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Bowl barrow at Misterton is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Leicestershire. The barrow survives as a rounded earthwork mound, characteristic of bowl barrows from the prehistoric period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials and represent important centres of ritual and commemoration within early agricultural communities. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and continues to provide archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and funerary practice in the East Midlands region.
Bowl barrow at Misterton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008541. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Misterton is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008541.
Bowl barrow at Misterton 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 1008541.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stormsworth deserted medieval village and fishpond (3.7 km), Prehistoric settlement site 1/2 mile (800m) SW of village (4.5 km), Moated site and fishponds south-west of Highfields Farm (4.7 km).
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