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Bowl barrow on Mere Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple hemispherical mound, characteristic of bowl barrow types that were commonly constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments served as burial sites and represent important evidence of prehistoric funerary practices and social organisation in the English Midlands. The barrow's survival to the present day, despite the transformations of the surrounding landscape, contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the region.
Bowl barrow on Mere Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008961. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Mere Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008961.
Bowl barrow on Mere 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 1008961.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Over Low bowl barrow (6.4 km), Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 550m south of Weaver Farm (6.4 km), Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 570m south of Weaver Farm (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Mere 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 Mere Hill stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.