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Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery in Berkshire. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of early Bronze Age funerary practice, likely dating to the second millennium before the present era. As a component of a larger barrow cemetery, it contributes to understanding settlement patterns and burial practices in the Bronze Age landscape of the Thames Valley region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1012425.
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 burial mound forming part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery in Berkshire. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow north of Holden's Firs: part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery'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 north of Holden's Firs: part of the Holden's Firs barrow cemetery stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.