Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 1.2 km WSW of Cheverton Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated within a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down in Hampshire. The barrow is a bowl-shaped mound typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England, constructed to contain burials and grave goods from the second millennium BC. Its survival as part of the larger barrow cemetery demonstrates the historical importance of Cheverton Down as a prehistoric burial landscape. The monument is protected under statutory heritage designation as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological significance and its value as evidence of Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in Hampshire.

Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008309. View the official record →

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