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Top of Ecton bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Staffordshire, England. The monument is a bowl barrow, a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period, which typically consists of a mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial or cremation. Such barrows were important markers of status and community identity during the Bronze Age and remain significant archaeological features for understanding prehistoric burial practices and landscape use. The site forms part of the broader archaeological heritage of the region, contributing to knowledge of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the English Midlands.
Top of Ecton bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010117. View the official record →
Top of Ecton 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 1010117.
Top of Ecton 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 1010117.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Milk Hill (7.7 km), Bowl barrow 510m north of Latham Hall (8 km), Dun Low bowl barrow (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Top of Ecton 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.
Top of Ecton bowl barrow stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.