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Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.

England
List entry 1007341
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007341
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.4 hectares
Grid reference
SO 42106 95383
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Shooters Hut disc barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 1500 metres south-west of Duckley Nap in Shropshire. The site consists of a disc barrow, a distinctive type of burial mound characterised by a low central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age. The monument represents evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Shropshire region and remains a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological significance.

Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007341. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.?

Shooters Hut disc barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 1500 metres south-west of Duckley Nap in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007341.

Who is responsible for protecting Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.?

Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap. 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 1007341.

What other scheduled monuments are near Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill. (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. (5.4 km), Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. (6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill.
5.2 km
Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.
5.4 km
Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.
6 km
Roman road at Marshbrook
6.2 km
Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
6.4 km
Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall
6.7 km
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm
7.5 km
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.

Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap. stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~9 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~12.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~14.5 miles
Domesday entry for Ratlinghope, Shropshire →
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