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Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery

England
List entry 1017686
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017686
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.05 hectares
Grid reference
SU 44751 87982
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Goldbury Hill is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery located in Berkshire, England, dating to the early medieval period. The site represents an important burial ground from the Anglo-Saxon era, containing inhumation graves that provide evidence of settlement and funerary practices during this formative period of English history. The cemetery's archaeological significance lies in its contribution to understanding early Anglo-Saxon communities in the Thames Valley region and the material culture associated with burial customs of the period.

Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017686. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Goldbury Hill is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery located in Berkshire, England, dating to the early medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017686.

Who is responsible for protecting Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery 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 1017686.

What other scheduled monuments are near Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grim's Ditch; section 650yds (590m) long NW of Betterton Down (4.3 km), Grim's Ditch: section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill See also OXFORDSHIRE 260 (4.5 km), Grim's Ditch; section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill See also WEST BERKSHIRE 109 (4.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Grim's Ditch; section 650yds (590m) long NW of Betterton Down
4.3 km
Grim's Ditch: section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill See also OXFORDSHIRE 260
4.5 km
Grim's Ditch; section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill See also WEST BERKSHIRE 109
4.5 km
Yew Down round barrow 950m south west of Butterbush Reservoir
4.6 km
Barrow N of Ridgeway, Hodcott Down
6.1 km
Bowl barrow 700m north west of Churn Farm
7.1 km
Long barrow on Sheep Down, 1km north of East Ilsley
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 500m west of Churn Park Cottage
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery

Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Goldbury Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~8.9 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~18.4 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~19.9 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~21.5 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.8 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~13.9 miles
Domesday entry for Hendred, Berkshire →
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