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

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 →

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