Bowl barrow at Ox Close

Overview

Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument

List Entry Number: 1007393

Date first listed: 13-Apr-1976

Date of most recent amendment: 06-Sep-1993

Location

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

National Park: PEAK DISTRICT

National Grid Reference: SJ 97130 79098

Reasons for Designation

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.

The monument is a rare survival in Cheshire of an unexcavated example of this class of monument. It will contain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.

Details

The monument is a bowl barrow located in Ox Close at the south-west side of a ridge crest just below the summit. It includes a slightly oval earthen mound up to 1.5m high with maximum dimension of 16m by 15m.

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.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number: 22570

Legacy System: RSM

Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Other
Capstick, B., FMW report, (1988)
Darvill, T, MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows (1988), (1988)

Legal

This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.