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Pea Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument consists of a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a funerary form widespread across prehistoric Britain. Such barrows typically served as communal or individual burial monuments, with their scale and prominence in the landscape reflecting the social status of those interred within them. The site remains an important example of early prehistoric funerary practice in the Midlands region.
Pea Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009603. View the official record →
Pea Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009603.
Pea 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 1009603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m south-east of Cliff Top (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 190m north of Dale Abbey Farm (8.7 km), Bowl barrow on Marten Hill (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pea 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.
Pea Low bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.