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Bowl barrow on Marten Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Staffordshire, England. The barrow takes the form of a rounded earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary type constructed during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The monument survives as an earthwork feature within the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric ritual and commemoration.
Bowl barrow on Marten Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009647. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Marten Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009647.
Bowl barrow on Marten Hill 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 1009647.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Row Low bowl barrow (3.6 km), Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes (4 km), Calwich Low bowl barrow (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Marten Hill'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 Marten Hill stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.