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Latitude: 51.2277 / 51°13'39"N
Longitude: -0.3501 / 0°21'0"W
OS Eastings: 515298.236221
OS Northings: 148903.247829
OS Grid: TQ152489
Mapcode National: GBR HGH.VPQ
Mapcode Global: VHFVR.WD8Q
Entry Name: Bowl barrow on Milton Heath
Scheduled Date: 30 November 1925
Last Amended: 14 October 1993
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1007882
English Heritage Legacy ID: 20172
County: Surrey
Electoral Ward/Division: Dorking North
Built-Up Area: Dorking
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Dorking St Martin
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the crest of a hill facing
south on the southern edge of the North Downs. The barrow has a mound
20m in diameter and 1.5m high with a slight hollow in the centre, suggesting
that it was once partially excavated, although no details are known.
Surrounding the mound is a ditch from which material was quarried during the
construction of the monument. This has become infilled over the years but is
visible on the west and south sides of the mound as a flat step 2m wide,
dividing the mound from the natural slope of the hill. To the north and east
the ditch is no longer visible at ground level but survives as a buried
feature.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Source: Historic England
Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.
Despite possible partial excavation, the bowl barrow on Milton Heath survives
well and contains archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating
to the monument and the landscape in which it was constructed.
Source: Historic England
Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Surrey Archaeological Collections' in Surrey Barrows 1934-1987: A Reappraisal, , Vol. 79, (1987), 27
Source: Historic England
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