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Three bowl barrows on Chinnor Hill is a group of Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Oxfordshire, near Highlands. The site comprises three burial mounds, two positioned approximately 150 metres southwest of Highlands and a third situated some 600 metres further in the same direction. Bowl barrows are among the most common Bronze Age burial forms, consisting of earthen mounds constructed over cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods. These monuments represent the burial practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in the Chiltern region and remain significant for understanding prehistoric land use and social organisation in this area.
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 group of Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Oxfordshire, near 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).
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