Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark is a Bronze Age round barrow forming part of a cemetery of such monuments on Ashey Down in Hampshire. The barrow is of the simple bowl type characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices, comprising an earthen mound constructed over cremated or inhumed remains. As part of a larger grouping of round barrows on the downland, it represents the funerary landscape of the second millennium BC and demonstrates patterns of cemetery use during the Bronze Age period. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1012751 and remains a significant element of Hampshire's archaeological resource.

Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012751. View the official record →

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