Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow located in the shallow valley of Brampton
Beck 710m south east of St Martin's Church, Old Church. It includes an oval-
shaped mound of sand and gravel up to 4m high with maximum dimensions of 45m
east-west by 38m north-south.

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 some minor stock erosion, the bowl barrow 710m south east of Old
Church survives well and remains a prominent landmark which is visible from a
considerable distance. It will retain undisturbed archaeological deposits
within the mound and upon the old land surface beneath.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
AM107 FMW Report, Fairless, K, Two round barrows 1/2 mile (800m) SSE of Old Church, (1993)
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
SMR No. 4568, Cumbria SMR, Two round barrows 1/2 mile SSE of Old Church, (1984)

Source: Historic England