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Threelows bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument consists of a simple bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, which would originally have contained inhumation or cremation burials beneath its earthen mound. Bowl barrows of this type represent one of the most straightforward and widespread forms of Bronze Age burial monument across the British landscape, typically constructed over a central grave or graves. The site is significant as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Midlands region.
Threelows bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009407. View the official record →
Threelows bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009407.
Threelows 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 1009407.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 240m north-west of Rainroach Farm (3.7 km), Alton Castle (3.9 km), Round House (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Threelows 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.
Threelows bowl barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.