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Top Low, Staffordshire

Top Low is a prehistoric bowl barrow near Blore, Staffordshire. It survives as a slightly mutilated oval mound of stone and earth up to 3ft high with maximum dimensions of 72ft by 65ft. Limited antiquarian investigation located 2 rock-cut graves, 2 cists, 6 inhumations, an animal inhumation, a cremation, pottery, artefacts of bronze, flint and bone, antler tine and a human skull. The barrow is within the council area of Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1009654.

Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Staffordshire
Lat, Long: 53.039397,-1.8080908
Grid Reference: SK 1296 4914
Civil Parish: Blore with Swinscoe CP
Council Area: Staffordshire Moorlands CA (Staffordshire CA)
Police Area: Staffordshire PA

GBPN ID: 305138
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Top_Low,_Staffordshire_305138

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