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Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'

England
List entry 1013932
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013932
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 95547 90891
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as The Mount, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Buckinghamshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial type across southern England during the Bronze Age period. Located within the grounds of Beaconsfield golf course, the monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice in the region. The site is protected as a scheduled monument, reflecting its significance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in Buckinghamshire.

Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount' is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013932. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'?

Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as The Mount, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013932.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'?

Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount' 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 1013932.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Bower Wood, 560m south west of Bower Wood Cottages (2.4 km), Templars' site at Moat Farm, Hedgerley (3.4 km), Bulstrode Park camp (4.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site in Bower Wood, 560m south west of Bower Wood Cottages
2.4 km
Templars' site at Moat Farm, Hedgerley
3.4 km
Bulstrode Park camp
4.8 km
Hartley Court moated site and enclosure
5.3 km
Moated site 200m north west of Chalfont Lodge
5.7 km
Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.
6.3 km
East Burnham animal pound
7 km
Bowl barrow in Stoke Park Playing Field, 400m south of Stoke Park House
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'

Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount' stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Beaconsfield golf course, known as `The Mount'

St AlbansRoman town · ~15 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~23.5 milesLondonRoman town · ~23.8 miles
Domesday entry for Lude, Buckinghamshire →
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