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Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the western edge of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire. The monument forms part of a pair of barrows situated in this landscape, and survives as a substantial earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type common to the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this era typically comprised a mound of earth and stone raised over cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual. The site's designation as a nationally important heritage monument recognises its archaeological significance as a surviving example of prehistoric funerary practice in the Oxfordshire region.
Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011221. View the official record →
Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the western edge of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011221.
Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest 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 1011221.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (5.5 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (6.5 km), Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest'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.
Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.