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Latitude: 51.7731 / 51°46'23"N
Longitude: -1.9008 / 1°54'3"W
OS Eastings: 406937.841007
OS Northings: 208273.057247
OS Grid: SP069082
Mapcode National: GBR 3Q8.S93
Mapcode Global: VHB2D.0PGM
Entry Name: Round barrow 250yds (230m) N of Colnpen Barn
Scheduled Date: 26 October 1971
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1003438
English Heritage Legacy ID: GC 442
County: Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: North Cerney
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Coln Rogers St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Bowl barrow 275m NNW of Colnpen Barn.
Source: Historic England
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 25 September 2015. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the summit of a wide ridge overlooking the valley of the River Coln. The barrow survives as a circular stone and earth mound measuring up to 17m in diameter and 0.6m high surrounded by a buried quarry ditch from which the construction material was derived. It is crossed by a field boundary.
Further archaeological remains in the immediate vicinity are the subject of separate schedulings.
Source: Historic England
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. 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.
The bowl barrow 275m NNW of Colnpen Barn survives well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, longevity, territorial significance, social organisation, funerary and ritual practices and overall landscape context.
Source: Historic England
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Source: Historic England
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