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Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age burial site located in Berkshire, England. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows, earthen mounds constructed during the Bronze Age as repositories for the dead, representing a significant funerary practice of this prehistoric period. Such barrow cemeteries are important archaeological monuments that demonstrate settlement patterns and burial customs of Bronze Age communities across southern England. The site's preservation and designation reflect its value as evidence of prehistoric ritual and social organisation in the region.
Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012804. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs is a Bronze Age burial site located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012804.
Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs 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 1012804.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (2.5 km), The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (2.6 km), Grim's Bank: section extending 470yds (430m) in Little Heath (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs'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.
Round barrow cemetery at Holden's Firs stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.