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Bowl barrow on summit of Musden Low is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl barrow, characterized by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial or burials. Its position on the summit of Musden Low suggests deliberate placement in a prominent landscape location, a common practice for prehistoric funerary monuments in the Midlands region. The barrow remains a significant example of early prehistoric burial practice and demonstrates the ritual importance attached to elevated positions in the contemporary landscape.
Bowl barrow on summit of Musden Low is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010383. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on summit of Musden Low is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010383.
Bowl barrow on summit of Musden Low 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 1010383.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mayfield strip lynchets (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm (5.5 km), Row Low bowl barrow (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on summit of Musden Low'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 Musden Low stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.