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Wyck Beacon bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Gloucestershire, England. The monument survives as a bowl barrow, a common funerary structure consisting of a central burial chamber surrounded by an earthwork mound, which characterises ritual and mortuary practices of prehistoric communities in the region. Its presence forms part of the wider archaeological landscape of Gloucestershire's ancient barrow field systems, reflecting the significance of the area for ceremonial burial during the prehistoric period. The site remains a scheduled monument, indicating its recognised importance to the archaeological and historical record of England.
Wyck Beacon bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016529. View the official record →
Wyck Beacon bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016529.
Wyck Beacon bowl barrow 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 1016529.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site (3.6 km), New Bridge over River Windrush (3.8 km), Wins Barrow: bowl barrow 160m south east of Bourton Hill Farm (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wyck Beacon bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Wyck Beacon bowl barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.