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Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Bracknell, Berkshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, forming a distinctive bowl-shaped mound from which its name derives. Such barrows typically date from the second millennium BC and represent important archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial traditions in southern England. The site is protected as a scheduled monument in recognition of its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age settlement and ritual practices in the region.
Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill, Bracknell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007929. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Bracknell, Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007929.
Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill, Bracknell 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 1007929.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caesar's Camp hillfort and the remains of a Napoleonic redoubt (1.2 km), Napoleonic practice redoubt and later practice trenches on Wagbullock Hill (1.3 km), Wickham Bushes Romano-British settlement (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill, Bracknell'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 Woodenhill, Bracknell stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.