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Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Berkshire, England. The site comprises two round burial mounds that form part of a larger barrow cemetery, representing the funerary practices of communities during the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows are among the most common form of prehistoric burial monument in southern England, typically consisting of earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains. This cemetery on Wash Common demonstrates the clustering of burial monuments characteristic of Bronze Age ritual landscapes, where successive generations used the same locations for interment over extended periods.
Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013245. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013245.
Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common. 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 1013245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An unfinished hillfort, a saucer barrow, a disc barrow and sections of two linear earthworks on Ladle Hill (8.3 km), A bell barrow and a saucer barrow 315m ESE of the unfinished hillfort on Ladle Hill (8.5 km), The western of two rectangular enclosures on Great Litchfield Down, SSW of Ladle Hill (8.6 km).
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