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Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey, England. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form in southern Britain during the Bronze Age, typically dating to the second millennium before Christ. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial sites and represent an important category of prehistoric funerary archaeology. The barrow's survival within The Glory Wood demonstrates the preservation of Bronze Age burial landscapes in the English landscape.
Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007881. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007881.
Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood 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 1007881.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Milton Heath (1.9 km), Betchworth Castle (2.4 km), Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 250m north-west of Boxhurst (2.8 km).
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