King's Standing Bowl Barrow
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AlternativenameKingstanding Mound
LocationKingstanding, Birmingham, England
TypeBowl barrow
ManagementBirmingham City Council
 The barrow in February 2005, looking North | |
| Alternative name | Kingstanding Mound |
|---|---|
| Location | Kingstanding, Birmingham, England |
| Type | Bowl barrow |
| Site notes | |
| Management | Birmingham City Council |
| Public access | Yes |
| Designated | 9 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.