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Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk uplands east of Pegsdon Common Farm in Bedfordshire. The monument survives as a earthen mound of typical bowl barrow form, characteristic of funerary practices across southern England during the prehistoric period. Its precise dating and any associated artefactual evidence are consistent with the broader tradition of round barrow construction that flourished from the Neolithic through to the Bronze Age. The site forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric monuments recorded across the Bedfordshire chalk landscape.
Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010367. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk uplands east of Pegsdon Common Farm in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010367.
Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common 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 1010367.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Tingley Field Plantation, near Pegsdon (0.6 km), Anglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton village (1.2 km), Moated site and associated enclosure at Rectory Farm (1.3 km).
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