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Bowl barrow on Bill Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork typical of barrow construction during the Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its importance to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the region. As with many barrows of this type, it represents evidence of ritual funerary practice and social organisation in prehistoric Berkshire.
Bowl barrow on Bill Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012921. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Bill Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012921.
Bowl barrow on Bill Hill 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 1012921.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl Barrow at Woodenhill, Bracknell (2.3 km), Bowl barrow in Swinley Park 390m south-east of Bracknell Bridge. (2.4 km), Caesar's Camp hillfort and the remains of a Napoleonic redoubt (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Bill Hill'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 on Bill Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.