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Powis Farm barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises a group of round barrows, typical of funerary practices employed during the second millennium BCE across Scotland and northern Britain. These earthen mounds would have originally served as conspicuous markers of elite or community burial places within the prehistoric landscape. The barrows at Powis Farm represent important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Angus region.
Powis Farm,barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6118. View the official record →
Powis Farm barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6118.
Powis Farm,barrows is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6118.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newbarns, unenclosed settlements 190m SSE of and 245m ESE of (8.2 km), Newbarns, enclosure and ring ditch 345m SSW of (8.3 km), Newbarns, unenclosed settlement 150m NNW of Waterside Cottage (8.3 km).
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