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A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown is an ancient monument in Hampshire comprising two distinct phases of burial activity spanning more than a thousand years. The Bronze Age barrow represents funerary practice from the second millennium BC, whilst the Anglo-Saxon cemetery indicates renewed use of the location during the early medieval period, roughly the fifth to seventh centuries AD. The site demonstrates the long-term significance of elevated downland locations for burial practices across different cultural periods. The monument's survival as an archaeological entity provides evidence for understanding patterns of settlement, mortality, and continuity of sacred landscape use in Hampshire through the Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon 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 an ancient monument in Hampshire comprising two distinct phases of burial activity spanning more than a thousand years. 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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