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Marlpit Lane bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Staffordshire. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, characterised by a hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork raised over an inhumed burial. The barrow represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement in the region. The site is designated as a scheduled monument under the national heritage protection framework.
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009405. View the official record →
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009405.
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow 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 1009405.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ellastone Bridge (1.1 km), Cross in Rocester churchyard (3.6 km), Site of Rocester Abbey and part of Roman town (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Marlpit Lane bowl barrow'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.
Marlpit Lane bowl barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.