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Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown

England
List entry 1009457
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009457
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SU 35517 71940
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, representing a widespread funerary practice across southern England during the prehistoric period. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites and often contained inhumations accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents of this example are not documented in the readily available record. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates its archaeological significance as a tangible remnant of prehistoric mortuary practice and landscape use in the Hungerford area.

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009457. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown?

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009457.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown?

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown 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 1009457.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Hug Ditch Court (4.4 km), Roman villa at Littlecote (5.6 km), Membury Camp See also WEST BERKSHIRE 199 (6.3 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site at Hug Ditch Court
4.4 km
Roman villa at Littlecote
5.6 km
Membury Camp See also WEST BERKSHIRE 199
6.3 km
Moated site at Balsdon Farm
6.5 km
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane
7.8 km
Wansdyke, section 530yds (490m) on W side of Old Dyke Lane
8.2 km
Wansdyke: Daniel's Lane section
8.2 km
Long barrow at Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down.
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown

MildenhallRoman town · ~8.8 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~15.7 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~15.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~15.9 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~7.3 miles
Domesday entry for Calcot, Berkshire →
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