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Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.

England
List entry 1007944
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007944
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SU 89106 67551
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of the barrow form prevalent during the Bronze Age period when such structures served as communal or individual burial sites across southern Britain. Its survival within Swinley Park preserves evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Thames Valley region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important archaeological resource documenting Bronze Age land use and ceremonial activity in Berkshire.

Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007944. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.?

Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007944.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.?

Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge. 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 1007944.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Bill Hill (2.4 km), Two sections of Roman road in Bramshill Forest between Roman Star Post and Rapley Lake (2.9 km), Caesar's Camp hillfort and the remains of a Napoleonic redoubt (3.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Bill Hill
2.4 km
Two sections of Roman road in Bramshill Forest between Roman Star Post and Rapley Lake
2.9 km
Caesar's Camp hillfort and the remains of a Napoleonic redoubt
3.3 km
Five Napoleonic practice redoubts in both Crowthorne Woods and Bramshill Forest
3.5 km
Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill, Bracknell
3.7 km
Wickham Bushes Romano-British settlement
3.8 km
Napoleonic practice redoubt and later practice trenches on Wagbullock Hill
4.1 km
Windmill Stem mound in Bramshill Forest
4.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.

Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge. stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge.

SilchesterRoman town · ~15.9 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Easthampstead, Berkshire →
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