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Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Staffordshire. The site consists of a roughly circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common funerary form across prehistoric Britain dating to the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumed or cremated human remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the communities that built them. The monument at Swythamley Park represents an important surviving example of early Bronze Age mortuary practice in the regional archaeological landscape.
Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009344. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009344.
Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park 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 1009344.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 110m south west of Bartomley Farm (0.9 km), Cleulow Cross high cross, 200m north of Fourways (3 km), The Bullstones bowl barrow (3 km).
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