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Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm

England
List entry 1016765
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016765
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.98 hectares
Grid reference
SP 18787 08550
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Gloucestershire. The site comprises five distinct bowl barrows, which are characteristic burial mounds of the Bronze Age period, typically constructed over inhumation or cremation burials and serving as prominent landscape markers for communities of the second and early first millennia BC. These barrows represent a significant element of the prehistoric ceremonial landscape of the Cotswold region, reflecting the ritual practices and social structures of Bronze Age populations in this area.

Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016765. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm?

Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016765.

Who is responsible for protecting Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm?

Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm 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 1016765.

What other scheduled monuments are near Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate (4.7 km), Barrow Elm round barrow (5.1 km), Ring ditches and enclosures (6.4 km).

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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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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
4.7 km
Barrow Elm round barrow
5.1 km
Ring ditches and enclosures
6.4 km
Roman villa 600yds (550m) NE of Great Lemhill Farm
6.5 km
Fairford Saxon cemetery
8.2 km
Multi-period settlement, cemetery, and ceremonial complex W of Lechlade
8.5 km
Settlement 700m NE of Lechlade
9.4 km
Hengiform barrow and associated ring ditch south of Burdocks
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm

Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm

CirencesterRoman town · ~10.9 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~23 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~24.4 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~24.5 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~12.3 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~24.4 miles
Domesday entry for Eastleach, Gloucestershire →
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