Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs

England
List entry 1012427
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012427
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SU 64450 65138
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. The monument forms part of a larger barrow cemetery and is of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary monument form of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically comprised an earthen mound raised over a cremation or inhumation burial, often accompanied by grave goods. The site is designated as a heritage monument under list entry 1012427, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and ceremonial landscape use in the region.

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012427. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs?

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012427.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs?

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs 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 1012427.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (2.7 km), The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (2.8 km), Grim's Bank: section extending 470yds (430m) in Little Heath (3.6 km).

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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs

Bowl barrow: part of a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.