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The Group of round barrows at Willowmoor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. The site comprises multiple round barrows, which represent a characteristic form of funerary architecture from the Bronze Age period, typically dating from around 2000 to 1000 BCE. These earthwork monuments would have served as burial mounds for prominent members of prehistoric communities, their physical prominence in the landscape reflecting the social status of the deceased. The survival of multiple barrows as a group at this location indicates an important prehistoric burial ground and provides valuable archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and social organisation in the region.
Group of round barrows at Willowmoor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003676. View the official record →
The Group of round barrows at Willowmoor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003676.
Group of round barrows at Willowmoor 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 1003676.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Iron Bridge (5.9 km), Bedlam Furnaces (6.2 km), Moated site at Whitwell (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of round barrows at Willowmoor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Group of round barrows at Willowmoor stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.