Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery in Surrey. The barrow is a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, constructed as a burial mound during the second millennium BC. It represents one of several round barrows surviving in this cemetery complex, evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity on the Surrey heathlands. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects Act, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as a record of prehistoric burial practices.

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008857. View the official record →

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