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Bowl barrow in Gatcombe Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Gloucestershire. The barrow consists of a simple earthen mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, constructed during the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as communal or individual burial sites across Britain. Like other examples of its class, the mound would have originally contained one or more cremation or inhumation burials, though the specific contents and any surviving archaeological evidence require reference to detailed site records. The monument's survival within a wooded setting has afforded it some protection from modern land use, preserving its form as part of the landscape's archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow in Gatcombe Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008624. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Gatcombe Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008624.
Bowl barrow in Gatcombe Wood 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 1008624.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Beverston Castle Farm (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 335m south east of Broadfield Farm (5.7 km), Quadrangular castle at Beverston (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Gatcombe Wood'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 in Gatcombe Wood stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.