Scheduled MonumentsEnglandFour bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows

Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows

England
List entry 1021314
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021314
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.59 hectares
Grid reference
TF 21200 08129, TF 21343 08101
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows?

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).

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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows

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.

The wider landscape

Around Four bowl barrows 690m and 550m ESE of The Willows

Flag FenArchaeological site · ~6.5 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~9 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~23.5 miles