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Bowl barrow at Ox Close is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cheshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthen mound, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained burials, often in the form of inhumations or cremations, and represent significant ritual and social investment in the commemoration of the dead. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1007393, reflecting its importance as an archaeological and historical resource.
Bowl barrow at Ox Close is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007393. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Ox Close is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007393.
Bowl barrow at Ox Close 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 1007393.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 160m south of Blue Boar Farm (2.7 km), Standing stone at Ginclough 400m WSW of Gin Clough Farm (3.2 km), Yearn's Low bowl barrow (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Ox Close'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 Ox Close stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.