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Besbury Lane bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 450 metres north east of Conduit Farm in Oxfordshire. The monument comprises a circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a funerary form widely distributed across southern England during the third and second millennia before the present. Such barrows typically contained inhumed or cremated human remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of contemporary communities. The site's survival as an upstanding archaeological feature contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the region.
Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015324. View the official record →
Besbury Lane bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 450 metres north east of Conduit Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015324.
Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm 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 1015324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m north-west of High Lodge (7.8 km), Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm (8.2 km), Long barrow 150m west of Churchill Copse in Wychwood Forest (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm'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.
Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.