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Bell barrow on Bowledge Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. The monument takes the form of a distinctive bell-shaped barrow, a burial type characteristic of the Bronze Age, with a raised central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank. Such barrows served as repositories for elite burials and represent significant ritual and funerary practices of their period. The site contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in the Thames Valley region.
Bell barrow on Bowledge Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013012. View the official record →
Bell barrow on Bowledge Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013012.
Bell barrow on Bowledge Hill 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 1013012.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two sections of Roman road in Bramshill Forest between Roman Star Post and Rapley Lake (4.5 km), Bowl barrow at Round Barrow House (4.6 km), Five Napoleonic practice redoubts in both Crowthorne Woods and Bramshill Forest (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow on Bowledge Hill'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 on Bowledge Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.