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Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture

England
List entry 1009083
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009083
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SK 13858 53691
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. The monument survives as a circular earthwork of characteristic bowl barrow form, representing a common funerary practice of the Bronze Age period when such mounds were constructed to cover inhumation or cremation burials. Its survival to the present day, despite agricultural use of the surrounding landscape, provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument, reflecting its archaeological significance and protected status.

Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009083. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture?

Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009083.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture?

Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture 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 1009083.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mayfield strip lynchets (7.8 km), Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 550m south of Weaver Farm (8.4 km), Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 600m south of Weaver Farm (8.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Mayfield strip lynchets
7.8 km
Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 550m south of Weaver Farm
8.4 km
Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 600m south of Weaver Farm
8.4 km
Bowl barrow on Weaver Hills 570m south of Weaver Farm
8.4 km
Row Low bowl barrow
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 440m north of Banks Farm
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes
9.8 km
Tinker's Inn bowl barrow, north
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture

Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.4 miles
Domesday entry for Hanson, Derbyshire →
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