Sunningdale Barrow

Sunningdale Barrow is an archaeological site in Berkshire, England, comprising three Bronze Age round barrows. One bowl barrow is located near Sunningdale railway station, in an area historically part of Surrey before boundary changes. Excavations during the 19th century uncovered cremation burials, the majority of which were placed in pottery urns, reflecting typical Bronze Age funerary practices in southern England where cremation increasingly replaced earlier inhumation customs. These barrows represent important ritual landscapes utilized by prehistoric communities over several centuries.

TypeBarrow
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.3888° N, 0.6332° W

Related resources

More sites in England

Caesar's Camp, Bracknell Forest · Taplow · Burnham Beeches · Badshot Lea Long Barrow · Gerrards Cross · Caesar's Camp, Rushmoor and Waverley · Farley Green, Surrey · Hascombe Hill · Medmenham · Desborough Castle · Holmbury Hill · West Wycombe · Whelpley Hill · Grim's Ditch, Harrow · Cholesbury · Cholesbury Camp · Stane Street, Chichester · Richmond Park · Whiteleaf Cross · King John's Hill · Wendover · Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh · Roman Road from Silchester to Bath · Bullsdown Camp

All sites in England

Keep exploring

Every site on this page sits on the globe, and the people who research them are on the Discord.

3D Globe · Sites by country · Story Archive · Research Library · Weekly Journal · Search