What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Oval barrow in Shrub's Wood as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Oval barrow in Shrub's Wood is a Neolithic burial monument, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in representing an early form of ceremonial and funerary practice associated with the construction of earthworks for communal burials.
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