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Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downs of Box Hill in Surrey. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical mound, typical of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such earthworks served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent an important class of prehistoric funerary architecture across southern England. The barrow's position on the prominent chalk ridge reflects the deliberate siting of Bronze Age burials in visually significant landscape locations.
Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007889. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downs of Box Hill in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007889.
Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow 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 1007889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (1.3 km), Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood (3.1 km), Bowl barrow on Milton Heath (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow'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 Box Hill, 230m west of Upper Farm Bungalow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.