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Buck's Head round barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Gloucestershire landscape east of Dunley. The site is classified as a bowl barrow, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period characterised by a circular earthen mound raised over cremated or inhumed remains. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and represents evidence of ritual and burial practice from the later prehistoric period. Such monuments are valuable archaeological resources for understanding Bronze Age society and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow, known as Buck's Head round barrow, 540m east of Dunley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016996. View the official record →
Buck's Head round barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Gloucestershire landscape east of Dunley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016996.
Bowl barrow, known as Buck's Head round barrow, 540m east of Dunley 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 1016996.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Juniper Hill earthwork (6.5 km), Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church (6.7 km), Bowl barrow in Three Ash Belt, 460m north east of Westwood Farm (7.5 km).
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