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A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Buckinghamshire. The barrow survives as a low earthen mound characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a common burial type across southern England during the prehistoric period. Its proximity to Whiteleaf Cross, a later chalk-cut antiquity, places it within a landscape of long archaeological significance. The site represents the ritual and mortuary practices of early agrarian communities in the Chiltern region.
A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009354. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009354.
A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009354.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe (5 km), Village settlement site on Lodge Hill (5.1 km), Two bowl barrows 450m north west of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery (5.5 km).
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