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Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground near Thickthorne Wood in Buckinghamshire. The monument takes the form of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common sepulchral monument type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. The barrow represents evidence of funerary practice and settlement patterns during the Bronze Age period, when such burial mounds were erected to commemorate individuals or family groups. As a scheduled ancient monument, it forms part of the archaeological heritage of the Chilterns region and contributes to understanding prehistoric ceremonial and burial landscapes in Buckinghamshire.
Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill, 270m north of Thickthorne Wood trig pillar is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009353. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground near Thickthorne Wood in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009353.
Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill, 270m north of Thickthorne Wood trig pillar 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 1009353.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village settlement site on Lodge Hill (2.5 km), Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm (3.2 km), Two bowl barrows 450m north west of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill, 270m north of Thickthorne Wood trig pillar'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 'The Cop' hill, 270m north of Thickthorne Wood trig pillar stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.