Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills, 480m south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 480 metres south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar in Buckinghamshire. It forms part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery, a significant concentration of prehistoric burial monuments that reflects the importance of this prominent hilltop location during the Bronze Age. The barrow takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped mound without the surrounding ditch characteristic of some other round barrow types, representing a common burial tradition of the second and early first millennia before the Common Era. As a constituent element of the wider barrow cemetery, it contributes to understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Chiltern Hills.

Bowl barrow on Ivinghoe Hills, 480m south of Ivinghoe Beacon trig pillar: part of the Beacon Hill round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009546. View the official record →

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