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Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple hemispherical mound, characteristic of bowl barrow typology from the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically functioned as burial sites and represent significant evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and social organisation in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial customs in Staffordshire.
Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009681. View the official record →
Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009681.
Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation 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 1009681.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marlpit Lane bowl barrow (4.1 km), Ellastone Bridge (4.8 km), Bunbury hillfort: a univallate hillfort south west of Alton Towers (5.7 km).
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