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Raunds bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northamptonshire. The monument takes the form of a roughly circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial type across southern England during the Bronze Age period. The barrow represents an important component of the prehistoric funerary landscape of the region, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of the Raunds example's contents and construction history would require reference to detailed archaeological records and excavation reports held by the heritage designation authorities.
Raunds bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012452. View the official record →
Raunds bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012452.
Raunds 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 1012452.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Irthlingborough Bridge (0.6 km), Higham Ferrers Motte and Bailey Castle, with Ponds, Warren and Dovecote (2.1 km), Saffron moat at Higham Ferrers (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Raunds 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.
Raunds bowl barrow stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.