Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn

England
List entry 1020437
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020437
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.21 hectares
Grid reference
SP 26771 56464
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Warwickshire. The site comprises a cursus, a ritual linear earthwork characteristic of Neolithic ceremonial landscapes, together with a bowl barrow, a form of funerary monument typical of the Bronze Age. Both elements remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, representing distinct phases of prehistoric use and occupation of the site. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and forms part of the broader pattern of ritual and burial practices that characterize the English Midlands during the later prehistory.

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020437. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn?

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020437.

Who is responsible for protecting Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn?

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn 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 1020437.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Charlecote Bridge (0.5 km), Enclosures 600yds (550m) E of King's Mead (0.8 km), Enclosure N of Old Pasture Farm (2.7 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
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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn

Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.