Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGroup of round barrows at Willowmoor

Group of round barrows at Willowmoor

England
List entry 1003676
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003676
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.56 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 64319 08529, SJ 64273 08472, SJ 64047 08384, SJ 64094 08358, SJ 64016 08337, SJ 63953 08327, SJ 63906 08308
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Group of round barrows at Willowmoor?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of round barrows at Willowmoor?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of round barrows at Willowmoor?

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).

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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of round barrows at Willowmoor

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.