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Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm

England
List entry 1013286
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013286
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SP 14974 22611
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wagborough Bush round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately one hundred metres south-west of Manor Farm in Gloucestershire. The monument is a bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, characterised by its simple mounded earthwork form. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork within the modern landscape, representing an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice in the region. As a scheduled monument, it is recognised for its archaeological significance and protected status under English heritage legislation.

Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013286. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm?

Wagborough Bush round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately one hundred metres south-west of Manor Farm in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013286.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm?

Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm 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 1013286.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wins Barrow: bowl barrow 160m south east of Bourton Hill Farm (4.3 km), New Bridge over River Windrush (5.7 km), Settlement site (6.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wins Barrow: bowl barrow 160m south east of Bourton Hill Farm
4.3 km
New Bridge over River Windrush
5.7 km
Settlement site
6.1 km
Socket stone at Turkdean Manor
6.5 km
Round barrow 230m north west of Camp Farm
6.5 km
Bowl barrow, known as Norbury Camp round barrow, 220m south east of Fosseleigh
7.5 km
Norbury camp
7.6 km
Bowl barrow, known as Bauble's Barrow, 500m south of Empshill Farm
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm

Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm

CirencesterRoman town · ~15 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~19.9 milesAlcesterRoman town · ~22 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~4.1 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~15.4 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~17 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~20.6 miles
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