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Nan Tow's Tump is a bowl barrow located in Gloucestershire, England, situated within the designated heritage landscape of the region. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of the type commonly constructed during the second millennium BC for elite interments. As a bowl barrow, it is characterised by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial, a form typical of funerary practice in prehistoric Britain. The site's survival to the present day, despite centuries of agricultural use and landscape change, provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Gloucestershire area.
Bowl barrow known as Nan Tow's Tump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016076. View the official record →
Nan Tow's Tump is a bowl barrow located in Gloucestershire, England, situated within the designated heritage landscape of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016076.
Bowl barrow known as Nan Tow's Tump 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 1016076.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 335m WNW of Starveall Farm (1.7 km), Tump Barn bowl barrow (1.7 km), Churchyard cross in St Lawrence's churchyard (2.7 km).
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