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Round barrow cemetery on Inkpen Hill is a Bronze Age burial ground situated on high ground in Berkshire. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows of differing sizes, representing the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The site's elevated location on Inkpen Hill reflects the characteristic placement of such burial monuments in prominent landscape positions during the second millennium BC. The barrows have survived as significant archaeological features that contribute to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in the Berkshire Downs.
Round barrow cemetery on Inkpen Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012919. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Inkpen Hill is a Bronze Age burial ground situated on high ground in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012919.
Round barrow cemetery on Inkpen Hill 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 1012919.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow on Smay Down, 300m east of The Hassock (4.8 km), Netherton medieval settlement earthworks (5 km), Great Botley Copse long barrow, and disc barrow near it (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Inkpen Hill'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 on Inkpen Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.