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Bowl barrow on Brund Fell

England
List entry 1013389
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013389
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NY 26114 16251
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises a round barrow of typical bowl form, characteristic of funerary structures constructed during the Bronze Age across northern England. Such monuments served as above-ground markers for elite or significant burials, often containing inhumed or cremated remains accompanied by grave goods. The barrow's survival on Brund Fell reflects the persistence of Bronze Age archaeological features in the upland landscape of the Lake District region.

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013389. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Brund Fell?

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013389.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Brund Fell?

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell 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 1013389.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Brund Fell?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag (1.2 km), Reecastle Crag hillfort (1.9 km), St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress (3.1 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag
1.2 km
Reecastle Crag hillfort
1.9 km
St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress
3.1 km
Long Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall Buttress
3.3 km
Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale Head
3.7 km
Dale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale Head
3.9 km
Goldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leats
4.2 km
Shoulthwaite Gill hillfort, Thirlmere
4.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Brund Fell

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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