Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)

England
List entry 1003329
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003329
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.04 hectares
Grid reference
SP 08301 29152, SP 08266 28793
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows are a Bronze Age funerary monument located northeast of the village of Pinnock in Gloucestershire. The site comprises two burial mounds characteristic of the second millennium BCE, representing the funerary practices of early Bronze Age communities in the region. Such round barrows typically contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods, serving as durable markers of elite or family burial grounds within the landscape. The monuments survive as earthwork features and form part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial sites distributed across the Gloucestershire countryside.

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003329. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)?

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows are a Bronze Age funerary monument located northeast of the village of Pinnock in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003329.

Who is responsible for protecting Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)?

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock) 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 1003329.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 300m west of Church Farm (6.2 km), Two bowl barrows known as Hawling Downs round barrows, 610m north east of Slade Barn Farm (7.4 km), Two bowl barrows 740m south west of Southdown Farm (7.9 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock)

Pinnock and Hyde round barrows (NE of Pinnock) stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.