Details

The monument includes one of a pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows located 370m
north-west of High Lodge on a hill which forms the highest point of the
ancient Wychwood Forest.
The barrow is under cultivation but survives as a visible earthwork, the mound
of which measures 20m in diameter and stands up to 0.7m high. Surrounding the
barrow mound, but no longer visible at ground level, is a quarry ditch from
which material was obtained during its construction. This has become infilled
over the years but survives as a buried feature c.3m wide.
Quantities of Romano-British pottery have been found in the area around and
between these barrows.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

The bowl barrow forming one of a pair 370m north-west of High Lodge survives
comparatively well despite having been reduced by cultivation. It has never
been excavated and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence
relating to its construction and the landscape in which it was built.

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Sources

Books and journals
Mudd, A, Round Barrows of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, (1983)
Other
AM 107 report, Armstrong, L, Round Barrows 370m North West of High Lodge, (1987)
PRN 2295, C.A.O., Round Barrows, Wychwood,

Source: Historic England