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Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House is a prehistoric burial site and associated agricultural landscape in Shropshire. The monument comprises multiple round barrows arranged as a cemetery group, dating to the Bronze Age, representing a significant phase of ritual burial practice and territorial land use. The field system elements visible in the landscape indicate contemporary or near-contemporary agricultural activity, providing evidence of settlement patterns and land management practices alongside funerary activity. The site's designation reflects its value as a non-designated archaeological monument of national importance documenting Bronze Age society in the Shropshire landscape.
Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016824. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House is a prehistoric burial site and associated agricultural landscape in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016824.
Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House 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 1016824.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte 50m south east of St Martin's Church: part of a motte and bailey castle (2.3 km), Churchyard cross, St Andrew's Church (3.5 km), Nesscliffe Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House'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.
Round barrow cemetery and parts of a field system 500m west of Whitmore House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.