Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCopping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage

Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage

England
List entry 1009423
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009423
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SP 43035 20981
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Copping Knoll bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately two hundred metres south of Rose Cottage in Oxfordshire. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl barrow, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period consisting of an earthen mound raised over a central burial. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important element of the local prehistoric landscape and contributes to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork that remains visible in the modern landscape.

Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009423. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage?

Copping Knoll bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately two hundred metres south of Rose Cottage in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009423.

Who is responsible for protecting Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage?

Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage 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 1009423.

What other scheduled monuments are near Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park (4.7 km), Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge (4.9 km), Blenheim Villa, a Roman villa and associated field system 200m north east of Little Cote (5.5 km).

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Overview
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage

Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.