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Calwich Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument consists of a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such burial structures were commonly raised over cremated or inhumed remains. The site's formal designation reflects its recognition as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological importance. Bowl barrows of this type are characteristic funerary monuments of the earlier Bronze Age in the British Midlands and represent significant evidence of burial practice and social organisation during the second millennium BCE.
Calwich Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009408. View the official record →
Calwich Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009408.
Calwich Low 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 1009408.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ellastone Bridge (1.7 km), Cross in Rocester churchyard (4.7 km), Moated site 60m west of Edlaston Hall (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Calwich Low 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.
Calwich Low bowl barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.