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Torrisholme bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Lancashire, England. The barrow takes the form of a earthen mound characteristic of prehistoric burial practices in northern Britain, constructed to mark and contain human remains or cremations. Its presence in the Lancashire landscape reflects the early agricultural communities that inhabited the region during the later prehistoric period. The monument survives as a scheduled ancient monument, preserving evidence of funerary practices and settlement patterns from the third or second millennium before the present era.
Torrisholme bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008912. View the official record →
Torrisholme bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008912.
Torrisholme 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 1008912.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill (2.6 km), Skerton Bridge (2.8 km), Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops (2.9 km).
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