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Bowl barrow south of Townend

England
List entry 1009341
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009341
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SK 10913 60415
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow south of Townend is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. The barrow survives as a prominent earthwork mound of characteristic bowl-shaped form, representing a burial tradition widespread across prehistoric Britain during the third and second millennia before the present. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual activity and territorial definition within early farming communities. The site's survival and official scheduling reflect its importance as archaeological evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the English Midlands.

Bowl barrow south of Townend is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009341. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow south of Townend?

Bowl barrow south of Townend is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009341.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow south of Townend?

Bowl barrow south of Townend 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 1009341.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow south of Townend?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 440m south east of Throwley Cottage (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 40m north of Rushley Barn (9 km), Bowl barrow 300m north of Slade House (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 440m south east of Throwley Cottage
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 40m north of Rushley Barn
9 km
Bowl barrow 300m north of Slade House
9.1 km
Monastic grange, 40m south west of Musden Grange Farm
9.3 km
Cart Low bowl barrow
9.4 km
Lamber Low bowl barrow
9.8 km
Anglo-Scandinavian cross, 7m south of the south transept of the Church of the Holy Cross
10 km
Anglo-Scandinavian cross, 12m south of the south porch of the Church of the Holy Cross
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow south of Townend

Bowl barrow south of Townend stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow south of Townend

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~23.1 miles
Domesday entry for Sheen, Staffordshire →
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