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Two bowl barrows, known as Crippet's Wood round barrows, is an ancient monument consisting of two Bronze Age burial mounds located approximately 560 metres and 590 metres north-east of Dryhill Farm in Gloucestershire. The barrows are representative of funerary monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the burial places of individuals or small family groups. The site is situated within a landscape that contains other prehistoric remains, reflecting the archaeological significance of the region during the second millennium BCE. These bowl barrows, named after their characteristic rounded form, survive as earthwork remains and are protected monuments of national importance in the English heritage record.
Two bowl barrows, known as Crippet's Wood round barrows, 560m and 590m north east of Dryhill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017041. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows, known as Crippet's Wood round barrows, is an ancient monument consisting of two Bronze Age burial mounds located approximately 560 metres and 590 metres north-east of Dryhill Farm in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017041.
Two bowl barrows, known as Crippet's Wood round barrows, 560m and 590m north east of Dryhill Farm 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 1017041.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brimpsfield Castle mound (4.5 km), Bowl barrow, known as Buck's Head round barrow, 540m east of Dunley (5 km), Two bowl barrows, known as Climperwell round barrows, 310m south west of Climperwell Farm (5.5 km).
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Two bowl barrows, known as Crippet's Wood round barrows, 560m and 590m north east of Dryhill Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.