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Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire. The monument takes the form of a bell barrow, a distinctive type of round barrow characterised by a flat central platform surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a design typical of the later Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial monuments for individuals of elevated status within prehistoric communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement hierarchy in the region.
Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002928. View the official record →
Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002928.
Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom 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 1002928.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lowbury Hill camp (1.6 km), Bowl barrow 310m south east of Lower Chance Farm (2.3 km), Bowl barrow in the north-west corner of Town Copse (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.