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Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 170 metres east-north-east of Roundhill Farm in Buckinghamshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, which were the dominant funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age in southern England. The site represents an important element of the prehistoric ritual landscape of the region and provides evidence for burial practices and settlement patterns during the second millennium BC. As a scheduled monument and entry on the National Heritage List for England, it remains a significant archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age society in the Chiltern Hills and surrounding areas.
Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013957. View the official record →
Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 170 metres east-north-east of Roundhill Farm in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013957.
Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill 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 1013957.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote (2.4 km), Moated site NW of Aston Mullins (2.9 km), Moated site E of Moorend Lane (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill Farm stands on Purbeck Limestone Group, bedrock that formed in the Berriasian. The rock here is limestone and mudstone, interbedded.