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Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northamptonshire. The site consists of four distinct bowl barrows, which are characteristic of burial mounds from the later prehistoric period. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of sepulchral monument across the English landscape, typically containing inhumation or cremation burials beneath earthen mounds. These barrows survive as upstanding archaeological features and contribute to understanding funerary practices and settlement patterns of early communities in the East Midlands region.
Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021314. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021314.
Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows 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 1021314.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 730m WSW of Gores Farm (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 490m west of Gores Farm (8.3 km), A Bronze Age post alignment and timber platform at Flag Fen and associated Bronze Age and later field systems and settlement to either side of the Northey Road (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.