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Bowl barrow on Grindle Nills Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire, situated approximately four hundred metres south-east of Barrister's Plain cross dyke. The barrow survives as an earthwork of characteristic bowl form, comprising a circular mound with a defined perimeter, typical of burial monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as prominent landscape markers for elite or community burials and reflect the ceremonial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age societies in the region. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological evidence for prehistoric settlement and funerary practices in the Shropshire landscape.
Bowl barrow on Grindle Nills Hill, the northern of two 400m south-east of Barrister's Plain cross dyke. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007351. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Grindle Nills Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire, situated approximately four hundred metres south-east of Barrister's Plain cross dyke. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007351.
Bowl barrow on Grindle Nills Hill, the northern of two 400m south-east of Barrister's Plain cross dyke. 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 1007351.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown. (4.4 km), Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm (6.2 km), Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm (6.2 km).
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