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Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, part of a significant round barrow cemetery. The monument survives as a low earthwork mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which typically comprises a central burial pit surrounded by a circular bank. Situated 230 metres east of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar, it forms part of a grouping of prehistoric funerary monuments concentrated on this high ground. The barrow dates to the Bronze Age and represents an important element of the ritual and burial landscape associated with this period of settlement and land use in the Chilterns.
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Beacon Hill, 230m east of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009549. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, part of a significant round barrow cemetery. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009549.
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Beacon Hill, 230m east of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery 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 1009549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood (8 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill (8.8 km), Site of Roman building, N of Berkhamsted Castle (8.8 km).
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