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Churn Knob bell barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Churn Hill in Berkshire. The site comprises a bell barrow, characterised by its distinctive ditch-and-bank structure with a raised central mound, alongside an adjacent bowl barrow of simpler construction. Both monuments date to the Bronze Age and represent significant examples of burial practice during this period, when such barrows served as prominent territorial and ceremonial markers in the landscape. The bell barrow's more elaborate form suggests it may have marked a burial of higher status than the accompanying bowl barrow.
Churn Knob bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Churn Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018715. View the official record →
Churn Knob bell barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Churn Hill in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018715.
Churn Knob bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Churn 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 1018715.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 310m south east of Lower Chance Farm (2.1 km), Bowl barrow 500m west of Churn Park Cottage (2.2 km), Grim's Ditch; section on Aston Upthorpe Down (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churn Knob bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Churn 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.
Churn Knob bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Churn Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.