Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common

England
List entry 1009504
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009504
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 92179 40123
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse is a prehistoric burial mound located on Witley Common in Surrey, England. It forms part of a group of four bowl barrows on the common, monuments typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, representing the physical remains of burial activity from the Bronze Age period. As part of this small barrow cemetery, it contributes to the archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice on the Surrey heathlands.

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009504. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common?

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse is a prehistoric burial mound located on Witley Common in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009504.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common?

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common 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 1009504.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m north-east of the sewage works: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 430m north of Thursley Lake: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common (0.1 km), Bowl barrow on Witley Common 250m north of Stable Lake: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common (0.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common

Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common

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