Details

The monument includes a ditched bowl barrow set on flat ground in an area of
open heathland. The barrow mound has a maximum diameter of 30m and is 2.4m
high. It appears flat-topped with the upper surface 16m across. Surrounding
the barrow mound is a seasonally water-filled ditch 4m wide and 0.5m deep on
the north-west side. A slight hollow in the centre of the mound suggests the
site may have been partially excavated, probably in the 19th century.
The mound and ditch together have a diameter of 38m.

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.

Despite partial excavation of the barrow mound, much of the monument remains
intact and therefore has considerable archaeological potential.

Source: Historic England