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Bowl Barrow on Shiplate Slait is a scheduled monument located on the Somerset levels near grid reference ST 36558 57052. The barrow sits on bedrock composed of Dinantian rocks, a formation of limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous beds dating from the Mississippian period. These ancient geological foundations provided a stable base for the Bronze Age community that constructed this funerary monument, which would have served as a prominent burial place and landmark within the local landscape.
The barrow itself is a simple mounded earthwork typical of Bronze Age burial practice in southern Britain, where individual or small group interments were marked by distinctive raised features. The scheduled area of 0.03 hectares encompasses the visible earthwork and its immediate archaeological context. The monument's survival reflects the relatively undisturbed character of this part of the Somerset landscape.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England under reference 1009883, recognising its archaeological significance and the information it retains about prehistoric settlement and mortuary practices in the region. Such barrows contribute substantially to understanding Bronze Age society through their spatial distribution and relationship to contemporary settlement patterns.
Bowl barrow on Shiplate Slait is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009883. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow on Shiplate Slait is a scheduled monument located on the Somerset levels near grid reference ST 36558 57052.
Bowl barrow on Shiplate Slait 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 1009883.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Shiplate Slait (0 km), Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm (1.2 km), Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Shiplate Slait'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 Shiplate Slait stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.