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Torrisholme bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Lancashire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, representing a common funerary monument type from the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this kind served as burial chambers for individuals of likely status within their communities and are among the most widespread prehistoric monuments in the British landscape. The site's survival and scheduled status reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Lancashire region.
Torrisholme bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008912. View the official record →
Torrisholme bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Torrisholme 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.
Torrisholme bowl barrow stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.