Summary
Two bowl barrows, most likely of Bronze Age date, located approximately 250m north-west of Prince of Wales Covert.
Reasons for Designation
Two bowl barrows north-west of Prince of Wales Covert, most likely of Bronze Age date are scheduled for the following principal reasons:
History
The treatment, burial and commemoration of the dead have been a distinctive part of human life for millennia, and these activities have often left physical remains. The remains of the dead have been dealt with in remarkably varied ways in the past and it appears that, in the prehistoric period especially, only a small proportion of the population received a burial which has left traces detectable using current methods. Round barrows are distinctive burial monuments which can represent both individual burials as well as larger burial groups. They are one of the main sources of information about life in this period.
Details
Two bowl barrows north-west of Prince of Wales Covert most likely of Bronze Age origin.
Sources
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Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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