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

England

List entry 1008857

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1008857

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.05 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 23647 50088

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery in Surrey. The monument is a low earthwork of characteristic bowl-shaped profile, typical of Bronze Age funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium before the present era. Located within a significant concentration of round barrows on Reigate Heath, this example represents the funerary practices and settlement patterns of prehistoric communities in the Weald region. The barrow is a scheduled ancient monument, listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1008857.

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

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008857.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath 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 1008857.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 70m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 20m south of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (0.3 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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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.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 70m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

0.3 km

Bowl barrow 20m south of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

0.3 km

Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

0.3 km

Medieval undercroft between West Street and Slipshoe Street, Reigate

Medieval moated site at Leigh Place

3 km

Bowl barrow on Earlswood Common 20m south of Pendleton Road

3.3 km

The ground beneath

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

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

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

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