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Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.

England
List entry 1007345
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007345
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SO 40978 92512
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Shropshire. The monument comprises a distinctive bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age period. The barrow forms part of the archaeological landscape associated with prehistoric activity in the region and is protected as a scheduled monument under heritage designation. Its survival and recorded position contribute to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns across the Shropshire area.

Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007345. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.?

Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007345.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.?

Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way. 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 1007345.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown. (3.3 km), Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm (5.7 km), Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill (5.9 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
3.3 km
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
5.7 km
Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill
5.9 km
Billings Ring large univallate hillfort
6 km
Upper Barn moat
6.5 km
Tower keep castle at Lower Lea
6.7 km
Cheney Longville ringwork
7.6 km
Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.

Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~7.7 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~14 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~16.4 miles
Domesday entry for Wentnor, Shropshire →
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