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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bill Hill (Berkshire)Country: England County: Berkshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Bracknell
Map Ref: SU868683
Latitude: 51.407093N Longitude: 0.753448W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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SolarMegalith visited on 24th Jan 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Bill Hill is a very large hill located just off Downshire Way. Few people passing it would realise that this huge hill is an ancient monument. At the top of the hill, on its eastern side, is a circular mound of earth, hollowed out in the centre. This the remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. The hollow may well have been the result of an early unrecorded excavation. The Bill Hill barrow is surrounded by a ditch, now largely filled in, which would have provided construction material for the mound.
Whilst easy to drive past, it is alongside Downshire Way a main through route in Bracknell (A3095) it is not so easy to visit as there is no obvious parking area nearby. The best place to park is in Crowthorne Road to the north east of the mound. (Near the Green Man Pub). The area is pretty unattractive at ground level, dominated by a cycleway / foot path alongside the main road and a good helping of litter. Climbing up the hill can be via one of several paths, some more engineered with steps than others. Once at the top of the hill it would be hard to believe you are in the heart of a major town were it not for the traffic noise.
Bill Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Bracknell forest web site contains more info.
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