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Skew Plantation bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire. The site consists of a burial mound of circular form typical of bowl barrows, a common sepulchral structure erected during prehistoric periods in southern England. Bowl barrows of this type generally date from the Bronze Age, though some may originate in the Late Neolithic, and typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods. The monument survives as an earthwork within its designated landscape context and remains of archaeological interest for understanding prehistoric settlement and mortuary 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 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).
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