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The pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two earthwork mounds characteristic of Early Bronze Age funerary practice. These barrows, which date to approximately 2000–1500 BCE, represent the burial traditions of communities inhabiting the Oxfordshire landscape during the second millennium before the Common Era. The monuments survive as prominent topographical features within the forest environment, their physical form shaped by both their original construction and subsequent woodland management. Bowl barrows of this type typically covered inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and their presence on Maple Hill indicates the significance of this location within the prehistoric settlement and ritual landscape of the Wychwood region.
Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011222. View the official record →
The pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two earthwork mounds characteristic of Early Bronze Age funerary practice.
Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest 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 1011222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall (4.8 km), Minster Lovell Hall (4.9 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (5.1 km).
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Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.