Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm

Heritage listing

Details The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on level ground within a valley 180m south of the River Onney. From this location there are extensive views of the surrounding countryside, especially the Long Mynd to the east. The barrow mound was orginally circular, and about 30m in diameter. The southern half of the mound remains visible, the other half having been largely removed by road excavations in the mid-19th century. During the course of these excavations human bones, associated burnt material and several urns, ornamented with zigzag patterns, were found. The portion of the barrow mound that survives stands to a height of 2.5m. It is of earthen construction and incorporates some stone. The road and the verge that lie immediately north of the surviving portion of the barrow mound is about a metre lower than the adjacent present ground level. A brick-built wall has been constructed alongside the verge and acts as a revetment for the barrow mound and the associated underlying deposits. Although no longer visible at ground level, a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the barrow, lies adjacent to the surviving portion of the mound. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature, approximately 3m wide. The retaining wall alongside the road verge is not included in the scheduling. The farm outbuilding which lies next to the barrow mound to the south together with the adjacent yard surface, where they impinge on the monument, all garden features and associated walls, fences and gates, are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath all these features is included. MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. Legacy The c

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.