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Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire, situated in the vicinity of Highlands. The site comprises three burial mounds of the characteristic bowl barrow type, with two examples positioned approximately 150 metres apart and a third barrow located some 600 metres to the south-west. Bowl barrows represent a widespread form of burial monument erected during the Bronze Age, typically constructed as earthen mounds raised over inhumed or cremated remains. The monument survives as an archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the Chilterns region.
Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill, two 150m and one 600m SW of Highlands is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016067. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Oxfordshire, situated in the vicinity of Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016067.
Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill, two 150m and one 600m SW of Highlands 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 1016067.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lodge Hill, 650m east of Old Callow Down Farm (2.7 km), Village settlement site on Lodge Hill (2.9 km), Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill, two 150m and one 600m SW of Highlands's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill, two 150m and one 600m SW of Highlands stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.