Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.

England
List entry 1007346
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007346
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SO 41450 91923
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl barrow, a common funerary monument type characteristic of the Bronze Age period. It survives as an earthwork mound and constitutes part of the dispersed barrow landscape of the Shropshire uplands, reflecting prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1007346.

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007346. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.?

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007346.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.?

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well. 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 1007346.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown. (3 km), Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm (5.2 km), Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill (5.6 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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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.

Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.