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Latitude: 53.0732 / 53°4'23"N
Longitude: -1.8778 / 1°52'40"W
OS Eastings: 408283.192498
OS Northings: 352889.196211
OS Grid: SK082528
Mapcode National: GBR 36M.62Z
Mapcode Global: WHCDX.402V
Entry Name: Bowl barrow 160m south-east of Oldfields Farm
Scheduled Date: 7 August 1992
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1010382
English Heritage Legacy ID: 13548
County: Staffordshire
Civil Parish: Grindon
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Grindon All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
The monument includes a bowl barrow located close to the western edge of a
plateau 160m south-east of Oldfields Farm. It survives as a well defined
circular mound 22m diameter and up to 0.5m high. At the centre of the barrow
is a circular water reservoir 3m in diameter that is covered with a concrete
cap. A low spread of spoil from an adjacent quarry has been dumped on part of
the northern half of the mound. The barrow is not known to have been
excavated.
The water reservoir, its concrete cap and its inlet and outlet pipes are
excluded from the scheduling. The ground beneath these features, however, is
included.
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
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.
Despite the insertion of a water reservoir into the centre of the monument the
bowl barrow 160m south-east of Oldfields Farm survives well. Undisturbed
archaeological deposits will exist within the mound and upon the old
landsurface.
Source: Historic England
Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
Ref No. PRN 3754, Staffordshire SMR, Low Round Mound, (1989)
Source: Historic England
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