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The Seven Barrows cemetery near Sevenbarrows House in Berkshire is a Bronze Age burial site comprising multiple earthwork barrows distributed across the landscape. This particular group, located approximately 450 metres south-east of Sevenbarrows House, consists of a double bell barrow, a saucer barrow, and four bowl barrows, representing the varied funerary monument types characteristic of Bronze Age elite and community burial practices. Bell barrows, distinguished by their distinctive bell-shaped profiles with a berm or terrace separating the central mound from a surrounding ditch, typically date to the early to middle Bronze Age and often contained high-status burials, whilst the bowl barrows represent more common burial forms. The Seven Barrows cemetery as a whole constitutes an important Bronze Age ritual landscape, with the clustered arrangement of differently-typed barrows reflecting settlement patterns and burial hierarchies across the Berkshire downs during the second millennium before Christ.
A double bell barrow, a saucer barrow and four bowl barrows, 450m south-east of Sevenbarrows House: part of the Seven Barrows cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012409. View the official record →
The Seven Barrows cemetery near Sevenbarrows House in Berkshire is a Bronze Age burial site comprising multiple earthwork barrows distributed across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012409.
A double bell barrow, a saucer barrow and four bowl barrows, 450m south-east of Sevenbarrows House: part of the Seven Barrows cemetery 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 1012409.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lambourn Cross (3.6 km), Boundary ditch E of Near Down (4.1 km), Fognam Clump field system See also WEST BERKSHIRE 99 (4.3 km).
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A double bell barrow, a saucer barrow and four bowl barrows, 450m south-east of Sevenbarrows House: part of the Seven Barrows cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.