Scheduled Monument: Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (1018032)

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. Although damaged by the construction of a golf tee, the bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf course 320m south of Eastlands Farm will contain archaeological remains providing information about Bronze Age beliefs, economy and environment. Details The monument includes the remains of a bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course, 320m south of Eastlands Farm, previously recorded as having a mound 11m in diameter, surrounded by a 1.3m wide quarry ditch, from which material to construct the mound was derived. Although only a small area of earthwork survives, the remainder having been levelled by the construction of a golf tee, the barrow will survive in the form of buried remains.

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Sep 9 2024 12:31PM