Bronze Age bowl barrow and a pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds 70m south of the White Horse on Whitehorse Hill

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History & significance

The Bronze Age bowl barrow and pair of Anglo-Saxon burial mounds on Whitehorse Hill is an ancient monument complex located approximately seventy metres south of the White Horse in Berkshire, England. The Bronze Age element comprises a round barrow of typical bowl form, representing funerary practice during the Bronze Age period. The Anglo-Saxon mounds, situated in proximity to the prehistoric barrow, indicate continued use of the hilltop location for burial purposes during the early medieval period, demonstrating the enduring ritual significance of the site across more than a thousand years of occupation. Together these monuments form a palimpsest of burial custom and religious practice spanning the Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon periods.

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 →

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