Scheduled MonumentsEnglandIrthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge

Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge

England
List entry 1020235
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020235
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.23 hectares
Grid reference
SP 96626 71423
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Irthlingborough bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 760 metres west of Rutland Lodge in Northamptonshire. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common burial monument type of the Bronze Age characterised by a circular mound with a relatively shallow profile. Such barrows typically covered inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important survival of the Bronze Age funerary landscape in the East Midlands region.

Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020235. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge?

Irthlingborough bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 760 metres west of Rutland Lodge in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020235.

Who is responsible for protecting Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge?

Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge 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 1020235.

What other scheduled monuments are near Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raunds bowl barrow (0.7 km), Irthlingborough Bridge (1.2 km), Higham Ferrers Motte and Bailey Castle, with Ponds, Warren and Dovecote (2.7 km).

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Overview
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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.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge

Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.