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Bowl barrow south of the Knolls is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Bedfordshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, constructed to cover one or more inhumations and their associated grave goods. Its designation on the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological significance as a surviving example of the barrow-building tradition that flourished across southern England during the second millennium before Christ. The monument remains an important indicator of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual landscape organisation in the region.
Bowl barrow south of the Knolls is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010473. View the official record →
Bowl barrow south of the Knolls is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010473.
Bowl barrow south of the Knolls 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 1010473.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ascott House: remains of 16th and 17th century mansion, formal gardens and warren (5.7 km), Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle 900m NNE of All Saint's Church (5.8 km), Warren Knoll: a motte castle reused as a warren (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow south of the Knolls'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 south of the Knolls stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.