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Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm

England
List entry 1009447
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009447
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
TL 89659 18250
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Essex, approximately 570 metres north-north-east of Messing Park Farm. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, a common burial structure of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as prominent markers in the landscape and typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The barrow's survival in Conyfield Wood represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in Essex.

Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009447. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm?

Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Essex, approximately 570 metres north-north-east of Messing Park Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009447.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm?

Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm 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 1009447.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The rampart S of Haynes Green (1.4 km), Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill (2.8 km), Long mortuary enclosure and round barrow 160m south west of Frame Farm (3.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The rampart S of Haynes Green
1.4 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill
2.8 km
Long mortuary enclosure and round barrow 160m south west of Frame Farm
3.7 km
Neolithic long mortuary enclosure at Appleford Farm, Rivenhall End
5.2 km
Remains of St Mary's Church
5.9 km
Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm
6.4 km
Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north-west of Stanway Hall Farm
6.8 km
Roman Practice Camp and late Iron Age and Roman remains east of Stanway Hall Farm
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm

Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm

ColchesterRoman town · ~7.6 milesBattle of Maldon 991Battle (991) · ~8 miles
Domesday entry for Messing, Essex →
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