Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn

England
List entry 1016837
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016837
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SP 11184 30688
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, is a prehistoric burial mound located approximately 450 metres north-east of Cutsdeanhill Barn in Gloucestershire. The monument is a bowl barrow, a type of round barrow characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in Britain, typically comprising an earthen mound raised over a cremation or inhumation burial. The site is positioned within a landscape that contains multiple prehistoric monuments, reflecting the importance of the Gloucestershire uplands as a focus for ritual and burial activity during the Bronze Age period. The barrow survives as an archaeological feature of significance, designated as a scheduled monument, which testifies to its recognised value in understanding prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in the region.

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016837. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn?

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, is a prehistoric burial mound located approximately 450 metres north-east of Cutsdeanhill Barn in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016837.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn?

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn 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 1016837.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 300m west of Church Farm (7.5 km), New Court Ground Roman villa (S of new buildings) (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 760m south of Roel Farm (7.6 km).

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Overview
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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.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn

Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.