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Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down

England
List entry 1008308
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008308
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 44561 84233
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down in Hampshire. The monument is a bowl barrow, the simplest form of round barrow, comprising a mound of earth raised over a central burial deposit. It dates to the Bronze Age period, when such funerary structures were constructed across southern England as monuments to the dead. The barrow is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008308 and represents an important element of the archaeological landscape of this chalk downland cemetery.

Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008308. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down?

Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008308.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down?

Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down 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 1008308.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (0.3 km), Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor (1.9 km), Rock Roman villa (2.1 km).

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Overview
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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
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LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
0.3 km
Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
1.9 km
Rock Roman villa
2.1 km
Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
2.4 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
3 km
Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
3.1 km
Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
3.4 km
Castle Hill earthwork
3.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down

Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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