Bowl barrow 300m north of Postdown Farm: part of the Seven Barrows cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 300m north of Postdown Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Seven Barrows cemetery near Wantage in Berkshire. The barrow survives as a low earthwork mound of characteristic bowl form, representing one of several burial mounds constructed during the second millennium BCE in this locality. As a component of the Seven Barrows group, it demonstrates the clustering of burials typical of Bronze Age mortuary practice, with such cemeteries often accumulating interments over successive generations. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument under the listed entry 1012435 in recognition of its archaeological significance and potential to yield information about Bronze Age funerary customs and settlement patterns in the Thames Valley region.

Bowl barrow 300m north of Postdown Farm: part of the Seven Barrows cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012435. View the official record →

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