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Bowl barrow on Frensham Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey, England. The barrow takes the form of a round mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices, when such earthworks were constructed to mark high-status graves. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial customs in the Surrey Weald. The barrow survives as a visible landscape feature on Frensham Common, contributing to the archaeological record of Bronze Age activity in the region.
Bowl barrow on Frensham Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013340. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Frensham Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013340.
Bowl barrow on Frensham Common 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 1013340.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on Hindhead golf course (3.6 km), River Wey aqueduct, Headley Park (5.3 km), River Wey aqueduct, Bramshott Court (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Frensham Common'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 Frensham Common stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.