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Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill

England
List entry 1480568
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1480568
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SU8923345615
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthen mound characteristic of prehistoric burial practice in southern England. Its designation as a bowl barrow indicates a simple hemispherical mound structure, typical of early Bronze Age date, though such monuments were constructed across an extended chronological range. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a significant record of prehistoric ritual and burial practice in the Surrey landscape.

Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1480568. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill?

Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1480568.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill?

Bowl barrow on Culverswell 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 1480568.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bridge, east end of Tilford Common (2.8 km), Bridge, north end of Tilford Green (2.9 km), Pair of bowl barrows on Thursley Common (5 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bridge, east end of Tilford Common
2.8 km
Bridge, north end of Tilford Green
2.9 km
Pair of bowl barrows on Thursley Common
5 km
Eashing Bridge, Lower Eashing
5.7 km
Anglo-Saxon fortified centre at Eashing
5.8 km
Bowl barrow on Frensham Common
6.2 km
Bowl barrow 200m east of Penmead Copse: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common
6.2 km
Bowl barrow 430m north of Thursley Lake: one of a group of four bowl barrows on Witley Common
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill

Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Culverswell Hill

SilchesterRoman town · ~18.8 miles
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