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King's Standing Bowl Barrow, Staffordshire

King's Standing is the buried and earthwork remains of a bowl barrow from the late Neolithic to the late Bronze Age in the Kingstanding area of Great Barr, Staffordshire. It lies alongside the Icknield Street Roman road to the west of Sutton Park. It is reputedly the site from which Charles I reviewed his troops on 18 October 1642, from which event both the mound and the area are supposed to take their name. It is within the council area of Birmingham.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1016437.

Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Staffordshire
Lat, Long: 52.558108,-1.882728
Grid Reference: SP 0804 9559
Council Area: Birmingham CA
Strategic Authority Area: West Midlands SA
Police Area: West Midlands PA

GBPN ID: 302743
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/King's_Standing_Bowl_Barrow,_Staffordshire_302743

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