Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Beverston Castle Farm
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1008197
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1949
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Mar-1994
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Beverston
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 86967 94326
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 bowl barrow 800m north-east of Beverston Castle Farm survives
comparatively well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence
relating to the monument and the landscape in which it was constructed.
This one of a group of related monuments known to occur locally.
Details
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a gently sloping east-facing
slope with views to the south and east.
The barrow has a mound with dimensions of 25m from east-west, 35m from
north-south and c.0.65m high. Surrounding the mound is a ditch from which
material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This has become
infilled over the years, but survives as a buried feature c.2m wide.
The elongated shape of the mound is thought to have been caused by
cultivation.
Excluded from the scheduling are the dry-stone wall, fence posts and the water
trough situated in the northern area of the monument, although the ground
beneath these features 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.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 22866
- Legacy System:
- RSM
Sources
Books and journals
O`Neil, H E, Grinsell, L V, 'Proc of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Arch Soc' in Gloucestershire Barrows, , Vol. 79, (1960)
Other
Oval shape in 1926,
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.
End of official listing