Round Loaf

Round Loaf is a Late Neolithic or Bronze Age tumulus on Anglezarke Moor in the West Pennine Moors near Chorley in Lancashire, England [1]. The bowl barrow is a scheduled monument considered to be of national importance [1]. Round Loaf is one of 10,000 bowl barrows constructed between the Late Neolithic period and the late-Bronze Age (2400 - 1500 BC) [1]. Round Loaf occupies a prominent landmark position on Anglezarke Moor [1]. The ancient monument includes an oval mound measuring 73 metres from north to south and 66 metres from east to west [1]. It is constructed of earth and small stones to a height of from 3.6 to 5.5 metres [1]. Flakes of flint have been found on the mound's summit [1].