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Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.

A Scheduled Monument in Myndtown, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5273 / 52°31'38"N

Longitude: -2.8714 / 2°52'17"W

OS Eastings: 340977.93616

OS Northings: 292511.938853

OS Grid: SO409925

Mapcode National: GBR BC.FXD6

Mapcode Global: VH75T.5QVY

Entry Name: Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.

Scheduled Date: 17 October 1930

Last Amended: 22 September 1993

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1007345

English Heritage Legacy ID: 19103

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Myndtown

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Church Stretton

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

Details

The monument includes the remains of a small bowl barrow situated on a rounded
prominence overlooking ground falling to the north-east. The barrow is visible
as a low stony mound 5.5m in diameter and up to 0.4m high. It is reported to
have a stone pavement surrounding the central mound giving an overall diameter
of 10m. Although no longer visible as a surface feature, a ditch, from
which material was quarried during the construction of the monument, surrounds
the mound and pavement. This has become infilled over the years but survives
as a buried feature some 1.5m wide.

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.

Source: Historic England

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.

Though small, the barrow has survived without serious disturbance and is a
good example of this class of round barrow. It will contain archaeological
deposits and environmental evidence relating to the landscape in which it was
constructed. It is one of several such monuments on The Long Mynd and, as
such, contributes to an understanding of the land-use and density of
settlement of the area during the Bronze Age.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Record no 01238,

Source: Historic England

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