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Skellaw Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. The site comprises a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across northern England during the third and second millennia before the present. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by pottery and grave goods reflecting the ritual practices of their period. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs in the Lake District region.
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007609. View the official record →
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007609.
Skellaw Hill 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 1007609.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe (4.7 km), Buck Park deerpound (5.3 km), Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike (5.8 km).
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