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Bowl barrow at north-west end of Gratton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Staffordshire. The barrow takes the form of a low earthwork mound with a bowl-shaped profile, a common burial structure type of the prehistoric periods. The monument survives as an upstanding feature within the landscape, though like many barrows it has been subject to degradation and disturbance over the centuries. Its presence contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices in the Midlands region.
Bowl barrow at north-west end of Gratton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009524. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at north-west end of Gratton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009524.
Bowl barrow at north-west end of Gratton Hill 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 1009524.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Low bowl barrow (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 510m north of Latham Hall (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 380m south-west of Blore Church (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at north-west end of Gratton Hill'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 north-west end of Gratton Hill stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.