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Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane is a prehistoric burial mound located in Berkshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a common form of funerary monument from that period. Bowl barrows are characterised by their distinctive hemispherical or dome-shaped earthwork construction, typically raised over a central burial or cremation deposit. This example survives as an upstanding earthwork and contributes to the archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in the region.
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009455. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane is a prehistoric burial mound located in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009455.
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane 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 1009455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 450m north of Cross Droves (4.9 km), Long barrow on Smay Down, 300m east of The Hassock (6 km), Great Botley Copse long barrow, and disc barrow near it (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane'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.
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.