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Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the western edge of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire. The barrow forms part of a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds situated in this area, representing an important example of Early Bronze Age mortuary practice in the Midlands region. As a bowl barrow, the monument consists of a mounded earthwork of relatively simple form, characteristic of the barrow type that predominated during the Early Bronze Age period. The site remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric burial custom and settlement patterns within the Wychwood Forest landscape.
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 funerary monument 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).
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