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Salter's Pool round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 850 metres east of Summerhill in Gloucestershire. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period, characterised by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed or cremated burial. The barrow represents evidence of ritual funerary practice and social hierarchy during the Bronze Age in the Severn Valley region. As a designated heritage monument, it contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in Gloucestershire.
Bowl barrow known as `Salter's Pool round barrow' 850m east of Summerhill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013287. View the official record →
Salter's Pool round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 850 metres east of Summerhill in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013287.
Bowl barrow known as `Salter's Pool round barrow' 850m east of Summerhill 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 1013287.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Turkdean Roman Villa (6.4 km), Wins Barrow: bowl barrow 160m south east of Bourton Hill Farm (6.7 km), Settlement site and barrows (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as `Salter's Pool round barrow' 850m east of Summerhill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow known as `Salter's Pool round barrow' 850m east of Summerhill stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.