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King's Standing Bowl Barrow

Coordinates: 52°33′29″N 1°52′58″W / 52.5580°N 1.8827°W / 52.5580; -1.8827
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King's Standing Bowl Barrow
The barrow in February 2005, looking North
Alternative nameKingstanding Mound
LocationKingstanding, Birmingham, England
TypeBowl barrow
Site notes
ManagementBirmingham City Council
Public accessYes
Designated9 October 1981

King's Standing Bowl Barrow or Kingstanding Mound, is a scheduled monument in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham.[1] It comprises the buried and earthwork remains of a bowl barrow from the late Neolithic to the late Bronze Age, lying alongside the Icknield Street Roman road to the South of Sutton Park.

It is reputedly the site from where King Charles I reviewed his troops on 18 October 1642, during the English Civil War; from which event both the mound and the area take their name.

References

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  1. ^ Historic England (9 October 1981). "Bowl barrow at King's Standing (1016437)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

52°33′29″N 1°52′58″W / 52.5580°N 1.8827°W / 52.5580; -1.8827