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Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the extensive round barrow cemetery on Beacon Hill in Buckinghamshire. Located approximately 240 metres south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar, it represents the characteristic funerary practice of the Bronze Age period when such earthen mounds were constructed to cover inhumations or cremations of the deceased. The monument survives as a prominent earthwork within a landscape rich in prehistoric ritual and burial activity, contributing to the archaeological significance of the Ivinghoe Beacon complex. As a scheduled monument and entry on the National Heritage List for England, it remains an important record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Chiltern region.
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills, 240m south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009548. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the extensive round barrow cemetery on Beacon Hill in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009548.
Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills, 240m south 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 1009548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood (7.8 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill (8.6 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills, 240m south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery'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 Ivinghoe Hills, 240m south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.