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A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown is a multi-period burial monument in Hampshire combining evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice with later Anglo-Saxon inhumation. The site comprises a prehistoric burial mound characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary traditions alongside an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, indicating continued use of the location across more than a millennium for sepulchral purposes. The barrow itself represents typical Bronze Age monument construction, whilst the Anglo-Saxon phase demonstrates the reoccupation of earlier burial landscapes during the early medieval period. This palimpsest of burial activity provides archaeological evidence for long-term patterns of mortuary practice and land use in Hampshire across successive cultural periods.
A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015624. View the official record →
A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown is a multi-period burial monument in Hampshire combining evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice with later Anglo-Saxon inhumation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015624.
A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown 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 1015624.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (3.4 km), A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (3.6 km), Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows' (3.9 km).
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A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.