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Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire. The cairn consists of a circular stone mound constructed during the prehistoric period as a burial structure, typical of Bronze Age mortuary practices in the Welsh borderlands and surrounding upland regions. Such monuments served as prominent landscape features marking the graves of individuals or small groups within their communities. The site remains an important archaeological indicator of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary traditions in the Shropshire region.
Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010321. View the official record →
Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010321.
Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box 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 1010321.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill. (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. (5.7 km), Roman road at Marshbrook (6 km).
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