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A bowl barrow on the southern spur of Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow form, a widespread burial type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. The barrow's location on Beacon Hill's southern spur places it within a landscape of archaeological significance, part of the broader distribution of prehistoric burial monuments in Hampshire. As a surviving example of Bronze Age funerary architecture, the site contributes to understanding burial practices and settlement patterns of the second and early first millennia before Christ.
A bowl barrow on the southern spur of Beacon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012034. View the official record →
A bowl barrow on the southern spur of Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012034.
A bowl barrow on the southern spur of Beacon Hill 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 1012034.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 150yds (140m) E of The Hassock (4.2 km), Length of Roman road in Bradley Wood (5 km), Long barrow and adjacent bowl barrow 500m south-west of Twinley Manor (5.5 km).
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A bowl barrow on the southern spur of Beacon Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.