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Skew Plantation bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire. The barrow survives as a low earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, a burial type commonly constructed during the third and second millennia before the present. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed human remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual. The barrow's survival within Skew Plantation contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric ritual and burial practice in the region.
Skew Plantation bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015171. View the official record →
Skew Plantation bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015171.
Skew Plantation 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 1015171.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest (7.1 km), Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm (7.2 km), Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Skew Plantation 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.
Skew Plantation bowl barrow stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.