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Over Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age characterised by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial. The site is registered on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1009411, reflecting its recognised archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in the region. Bowl barrows of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and represent significant investments in commemorating the dead within Bronze Age communities.
Over Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009411. View the official record →
Over Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009411.
Over Low 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 1009411.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marlpit Lane bowl barrow (3.2 km), Ellastone Bridge (3.9 km), Alton Castle (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Over Low 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.
Over Low bowl barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.