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Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Gloucestershire that was later adapted for administrative purposes. The monument consists of a round barrow, characteristic of funerary monuments erected during the Bronze Age, which was subsequently utilised as a moot, indicating its repurposing as a meeting place for local governance and assembly during the medieval period or later. This dual function reflects the practice of appropriating prehistoric earthworks for judicial and administrative gatherings, a custom observed across England where prominent landscape features provided suitable locations for community assemblies. The barrow's continued prominence in the local topography made it a logical choice for such communal use long after its original burial purpose had become obsolete.
Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004805. View the official record →
Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Gloucestershire that was later adapted for administrative purposes. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004805.
Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood 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 1004805.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banjo enclosure 245m north west of Lower Hazel Farm (0.8 km), Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor (1.8 km), Old Church of St Helen, Rudgeway (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood'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 re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.