Bell barrow and pond barrow on Bacombe Hill

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History & significance

Bell barrow and pond barrow on Bacombe Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising two distinct burial mounds located in Buckinghamshire. The bell barrow, the more prominent earthwork, takes its characteristic form from a central mound surrounded by a flat berm and an encircling ditch, a design typical of high-status burials from the early Bronze Age period. The adjacent pond barrow, identifiable by its distinctive central depression or pond feature within a surrounding bank, represents a variant form of Bronze Age ceremonial earthwork. Together these monuments form an important group that contributes to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and the landscape organisation of prehistoric Buckinghamshire.

Bell barrow and pond barrow on Bacombe Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013935. View the official record →

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