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Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age funerary monument located within the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery in Berkshire, England. The barrow takes the form of a low, rounded mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across southern England during the Bronze Age period. As part of a larger cemetery complex, this monument represents evidence of organised burial practice and territorial landuse during the second millennium before the present. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns in the Berkshire landscape.
Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs: part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012425. View the official record →
Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age funerary monument located within the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012425.
Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs: part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery 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 1012425.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (2.6 km), The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (2.7 km), Grim's Bank: section extending 470yds (430m) in Little Heath (3.4 km).
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