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Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 650m south-east of the site of Pole Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. The barrow takes the form of a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period, constructed as a funerary monument to cover and mark an inhumation or cremation burial. Such bowl barrows are among the most common burial monuments of the Bronze Age in Britain, typically dating between approximately 2000 and 1500 BCE. The survival of the barrow at this location demonstrates the persistence of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the Shropshire landscape and contributes to the archaeological record of burial customs in the West Midlands region during the second millennium BCE.
Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 650m south-east of the site of Pole Cottage. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007347. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 650m south-east of the site of Pole Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007347.
Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 650m south-east of the site of Pole Cottage. 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 1007347.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. (3.9 km), Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown. (4.3 km), Roman road at Marshbrook (4.5 km).
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