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Two bowl barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Wash Common in Berkshire. The site comprises two distinct round barrows of the characteristic bowl form typical of Bronze Age burial practices, forming part of a larger barrow cemetery in the area. These earthworks represent the ritual and mortuary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region, with such cemeteries indicating settlement patterns and territorial organisation during the second millennium BC. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological significance and potential to yield further information about Bronze Age society in southern England.
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 is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Wash Common in Berkshire. 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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