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The Mount bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 110 metres south-west of Mount Farm in Oxfordshire. The monument takes the form of a bell barrow, a distinctive type of round barrow characterised by a central mound surrounded by a flat platform bounded by a ditch, a form typical of the later Bronze Age period. As a surviving example of prehistoric burial practice in the region, the barrow represents important evidence of Bronze Age settlement and funerary customs in Oxfordshire.
The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009413. View the official record →
The Mount bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 110 metres south-west of Mount Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009413.
The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm 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 1009413.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge (8.2 km), Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm (8.3 km), Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.