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Bowl barrow on Maer Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common burial monument type constructed during the Bronze Age. It survives as a visible landscape feature on Maer Hills and represents the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The barrow is designated as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological importance and as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial customs in Staffordshire.
Bowl barrow on Maer Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009345. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Maer Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009345.
Bowl barrow on Maer Hills 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 1009345.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multivallate hillfort at Berth Hill (1 km), Site of Old Madeley Manor: a moated site with late 16th century house, gardens and a watermill (2.6 km), Auctioneer's Mound; a bowl barrow 70m NE of St John the Baptist's Church (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Maer Hills's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow on Maer Hills stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.