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St Paul's Epistle Mound is a bowl barrow situated in Gloucestershire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of funerary architecture common to that period across southern Britain. Bowl barrows of this type typically consist of a circular earthwork raised over a central burial deposit, though the specific archaeological features of this particular example would require consultation of site-specific survey records. The survival of the mound as an upstanding earthwork testament to the continuity of prehistoric funerary practice in the county.
Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016842. View the official record →
St Paul's Epistle Mound is a bowl barrow situated in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016842.
Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound 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 1016842.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 830m north east of Combend Farm (7.2 km), Chedworth Woods Roman temple (7.6 km), Brimpsfield Castle mound (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound'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 known as St Paul's Epistle Mound stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.