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Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a group of bowl barrows, the characteristic round burial mounds that predominate in Bronze Age funerary practice across England, dating to approximately 2000–1000 BCE. Bowl barrows of this period typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods such as pottery and metalwork that reflect the social status of the deceased. The Bully Hill cemetery represents a significant concentration of Bronze Age burial activity and contributes to understanding the settlement patterns and funerary practices of prehistoric Lincolnshire communities.
Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017878. View the official record →
Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017878.
Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill 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 1017878.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage (3.9 km), Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate (6.1 km), Neolithic long barrow in Beacon Plantation (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill'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 cemetery on Bully Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.