Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThe Mount, Barrow Green

The Mount, Barrow Green

England
List entry 1012547
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012547
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.28 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 38038 52722
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Mount, Barrow Green, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Surrey. The barrow survives as an earthwork within the landscape and represents funerary practice during the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served as markers for elite or significant burials within prehistoric communities. Its formal designation within the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological importance as a surviving example of this monument class, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns in the south-eastern English landscape.

The Mount, Barrow Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012547. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is The Mount, Barrow Green?

The Mount, Barrow Green, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012547.

Who is responsible for protecting The Mount, Barrow Green?

The Mount, Barrow Green 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 1012547.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Mount, Barrow Green?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Home Farm Bridge, Hurst Green (2.2 km), Iron Age promontory fort in Castlehill Wood (2.6 km), Bowl barrow at the north end of Hilly Field (3.3 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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Mount, Barrow Green

The Mount, Barrow Green stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around The Mount, Barrow Green

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