© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Brownlow bowl barrow is a scheduled monument near SK 07657 58123 in Staffordshire. This Bronze Age burial mound belongs to the bowl barrow type, characterised by a simple hemispherical earthwork raised over a central burial or cremation deposit. The monument sits on bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Bowland High and Craven Groups, Carboniferous deposits laid down during the Bashkirian period. This geology would have been exposed or overlaid with superficial drift deposits when the barrow was constructed, providing the soil and stone used in its construction.
The barrow survives as an earthwork occupying 0.07 hectares and remains substantially intact within the Staffordshire landscape. Bowl barrows of this period typically contain inhumations or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods such as pottery and metalwork. The precise internal arrangement and date of this example remain undocumented in accessible records.
Brownlow bowl barrow is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England under reference 1008970, recognising its importance as archaeological evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in the Midlands region.
Brownlow bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008970. View the official record →
Brownlow bowl barrow is a scheduled monument near SK 07657 58123 in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008970.
Brownlow bowl barrow 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 1008970.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 160m north of Lower Green House (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Milk Hill (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 230m west of summit of Musden Low (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brownlow bowl barrow'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.
Brownlow bowl barrow stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.