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Bowl barrow on Wetton Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the Peak District landscape of Staffordshire. The monument takes its characteristic bowl-shaped form, a common type of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age for funerary purposes. It survives as an earthwork monument and contributes to the significant concentration of prehistoric ritual and burial monuments found across Wetton Hill and the surrounding moorland. The site is designated as a nationally important heritage asset, reflecting its archaeological value as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in this region.
Bowl barrow on Wetton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009343. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Wetton Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the Peak District landscape of Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009343.
Bowl barrow on Wetton Hill 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 1009343.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m north-west of Thorswood Plantation (9.1 km), Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation (9.2 km), Thorswood Mines (9.2 km).
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