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Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage

England
List entry 1008795
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008795
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
ST 81050 93678
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Brock Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Lasborough in Gloucestershire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial practices in the English landscape. Though specific details of its excavation history are not extensively documented in widely accessible sources, it remains a significant example of the region's prehistoric funerary archaeology. The monument has been recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008795, indicating its recognition as a heritage site of archaeological importance.

Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008795. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage?

Bowl barrow on Brock Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Lasborough in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008795.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage?

Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage 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 1008795.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School (2.5 km), Two bowl barrows 100m north east of Bowldown Wood (3.9 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (3.9 km).

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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School
2.5 km
Two bowl barrows 100m north east of Bowldown Wood
3.9 km
Tresham Farbarrow round barrows
3.9 km
Three bowl barrows 850m east of Park Wood Farm
4.1 km
Bowl barrow known as Nan Tow's Tump
4.4 km
Bowl barrow 400m north of Starveall Farm
5.7 km
Tump Barn bowl barrow
6 km
Long barrow 335m WNW of Starveall Farm
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage

Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage 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 on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage

CirencesterRoman town · ~14.3 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~15.5 milesBathRoman town · ~18.4 milesCaerwentRoman town · ~21.3 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~15.5 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~24.1 miles
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