© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
A Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds are located 70 metres south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill in Berkshire. The Bronze Age barrow represents a form of funerary monument characteristic of the second millennium BCE, constructed as a simple earthen mound to mark an inhumation burial. The two Anglo-Saxon mounds, positioned nearby, indicate continued use of the hilltop as a burial location during the early medieval period, typically dated between the fifth and seventh centuries. Together, these monuments demonstrate the long-term significance of Whitehorse Hill as a focus for burial practice across more than two millennia of English prehistory and early history.
Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds 70m south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008411. View the official record →
A Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds are located 70 metres south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008411.
Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds 70m south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill 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 1008411.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lambourn Cross (8 km), Ditch on Boydon Hole Farm (8.4 km), Disc barrow 780m north east of North Farm (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds 70m south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill'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.
Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds 70m south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.