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Rye Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated in Staffordshire. The monument survives as a roughly circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type across the Midlands during the second and third millennia before Christ. Its precise dating and original contents remain uncertain, though such monuments commonly contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status or beliefs of the interred individual. The barrow has been designated as a scheduled monument in recognition of its archaeological importance and potential to yield information about prehistoric burial practices and social organisation.
Rye Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008962. View the official record →
Rye Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008962.
Rye Low 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 1008962.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mere Hill (8.7 km), Throwley Old Hall (8.8 km), Grub Low bowl barrow (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rye Low 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.
Rye Low bowl barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.