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Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising multiple burial mounds situated on common land in Berkshire. The site represents a concentrated grouping of barrows typical of later Neolithic and Bronze Age burial practices, when such mounds were constructed as communal or family sepulchres across the English landscape. The barrows at Brimpton Common, though subject to erosion and land use changes over subsequent centuries, retain archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary ritual in the Thames Valley region. The scheduled monument status of this cemetery reflects its importance as a surviving archaeological resource from the second and third millennia before the Common Era.
Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012808. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising multiple burial mounds situated on common land in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012808.
Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton 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 1012808.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow: part of the Brimpton Common barrow cemetery (0.4 km), Bell barrow 250m north-west of Larkwhistle Farm (0.8 km), Moated site, fishponds, icehouse and associated earthworks at Wyeford Farm. (4.4 km).
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