Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house

England
List entry 1015591
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015591
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
TL 09194 27111
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house, is an ancient monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds located in Bedfordshire. Bowl barrows are among the most common funerary monuments of the Bronze Age, typically consisting of a central burial pit surrounded by an earthen mound. These examples on Galley Hill represent the prehistoric mortuary practices of communities during the second millennium BC, when such structures served as repositories for the deceased and functioned as visible markers in the landscape. The barrows remain archaeologically significant as surviving examples of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial activity in the region.

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015591. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house?

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house, is an ancient monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015591.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house?

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house 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 1015591.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dray's Ditches (0.7 km), Ravensburgh Castle (2.4 km), Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common (3 km).

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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house

St AlbansRoman town · ~12.6 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~20.9 miles