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Bell barrow on Cockcrow Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Surrey, England. The monument takes the form of a bell-shaped barrow, a distinctive type of round burial mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period, typically dating to between 2200 and 700 BCE. The barrow survives as an earthwork on the landscape and represents an important example of prehistoric funerary architecture in the region. Such monuments provide valuable evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation in southern England.
Bell barrow on Cockcrow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012204. View the official record →
Bell barrow on Cockcrow Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012204.
Bell barrow on Cockcrow 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 1012204.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow west of Cockcrow Hill (0.3 km), Hengi-form monument at Red Hill (0.8 km), Late Roman bath house at Chatley Farm (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow on Cockcrow 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 Cockcrow Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.