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Bowl barrow on summit of Little Mell Fell is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the summit of Little Mell Fell in Cumberland, England. The barrow takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped mound, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary monuments in northern England. Its position on the fell summit, commanding views across the landscape, reflects the deliberate siting of such monuments in prominent locations during the second millennium before the present era. The site remains an important example of prehistoric burial practice in the Lake District region.
Bowl barrow on summit of Little Mell Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011361. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on summit of Little Mell Fell is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the summit of Little Mell Fell in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011361.
Bowl barrow on summit of Little Mell Fell 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 1011361.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure (2.8 km), Bowl barrow on Great Mell Fell (3 km), Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on summit of Little Mell Fell'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 summit of Little Mell Fell stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.