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Bowl barrow on Box Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Box Hill in Surrey, approximately 250 metres north-west of Boxhurst. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of the Bronze Age barrow tradition in southern England. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of funerary practice from the prehistoric period, and its preservation contributes to understanding settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Surrey Weald during the second and first millennia before the common era.
Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 250m north-west of Boxhurst is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007888. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Box Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Box Hill in Surrey, approximately 250 metres north-west of Boxhurst. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007888.
Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 250m north-west of Boxhurst 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 1007888.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (1.5 km), Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood (2.8 km), Bowl barrow on Milton Heath (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Box Hill, 250m north-west of Boxhurst'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, 250m north-west of Boxhurst stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.