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Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Surrey, England. The monument consists of a low, flat-topped mound surrounded by a ditch, characteristic of the disc barrow form which typically dates from the early Bronze Age period. Like other barrows of its type, it would have served as a burial place for individuals of elevated status within Bronze Age communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary practice in south-eastern England.
Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011599. View the official record →
Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011599.
Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common 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 1011599.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Guildford Castle (4.4 km), Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre (5 km), St Catherine's Chapel (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common'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.
Disc barrow on Whitmoor Common stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.