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Bell Barrow on Horsell Common is a scheduled monument situated on the Surrey heathland immediately east of Monument Road. The barrow sits upon bedrock of the Bracklesham and Barton groups, Eocene deposits of sand, silt and clay that characterise this area of south-east England. These friable sediments would have presented specific challenges to Bronze Age builders, who constructed the monument as a burial mound with a distinctive bell-shaped profile, in which the outer edge of the mound extends beyond its ditch, creating the characteristic flared form that gives this barrow type its name.
The monument occupies 0.21 hectares and is located at grid reference TQ 01618 59774. Protected by Historic England as a scheduled monument under reference 1009485, it represents a significant survival of Bronze Age funerary practice on Horsell Common. The barrow's location on open heathland provides testament to the landscape preferences of Bronze Age communities, who favoured prominent positions on high ground for their burial monuments. Today it remains a visible feature within the broader archaeological landscape of Surrey's heaths.
Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009485. View the official record →
Bell Barrow on Horsell Common is a scheduled monument situated on the Surrey heathland immediately east of Monument Road. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009485.
Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road 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 1009485.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow and disc barrow on Horsell Common (0.2 km), Woking Palace moated site, fishponds and ruins at Oldhall Copse (3 km), Goldsworth or Langman's Bridge, Basingstoke Canal (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.