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Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box

England
List entry 1010321
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010321
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SO 42898 95388
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. The cairn survives as a roughly circular mound of stones, characteristic of funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age period, and represents an important example of prehistoric burial practice in the region. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials and served as visible markers of ancestral authority and territorial identity. The site's survival as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in the Marches.

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box?

Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010321.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box?

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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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.
6.2 km
Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall
6.3 km
Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
6.7 km
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm
8 km
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box

Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~9.4 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~11.9 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~14.3 miles
Domesday entry for Ratlinghope, Shropshire →
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