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Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Buckinghamshire. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical earthwork, characteristic of bowl barrows from these periods. Such mounds typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as prominent territorial markers within the Bronze Age landscape. The barrow's survival to the present day, despite extensive land use changes in the surrounding area, attests to its archaeological significance as evidence of early settlement and funerary practice in the region.
Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010190. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010190.
Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford 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 1010190.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Civil War defences in Bury Field (3 km), Tickford Bridge (3 km), Moated site immediately south of Manor Farm (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road'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 at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.