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Ashey Down Sea Mark

England
List entry 1005193
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005193
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 57457 87560
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ashey Down Sea Mark is a Bronze Age cairn located in Hampshire. The monument consists of a earthen mound which once served as a maritime navigation feature for vessels approaching the Hampshire coast. Dating to the Bronze Age, the site represents an early example of landscape modification for practical maritime purposes, demonstrating the coastal communities' engagement with sea-based activity during the prehistoric period.

Ashey Down Sea Mark is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005193. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Ashey Down Sea Mark?

Ashey Down Sea Mark is a Bronze Age cairn located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005193.

Who is responsible for protecting Ashey Down Sea Mark?

Ashey Down Sea Mark 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 1005193.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ashey Down Sea Mark?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monastic grange at Haseley Manor (3.3 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (4.3 km), Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (4.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
3.3 km
Sandown Barrack Battery
4.3 km
Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
4.7 km
Bowl barrow on Culver Down
6.5 km
Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
8.2 km
Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.6 km
Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.8 km
Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ashey Down Sea Mark

Ashey Down Sea Mark stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Ashey Down Sea Mark

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~19.3 milesChichesterRoman town · ~20.7 miles
Domesday entry for Kern, Hampshire →
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