Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse is a Bronze Age burial monument situated within a designated barrow cemetery in Hampshire. The site belongs to the characteristic round barrow tradition of the Bronze Age, a funerary practice that involved the construction of earthen mounds over cremated or inhumed remains. As part of a larger barrow cemetery, this monument forms an important concentration of Bronze Age activity in the Hampshire landscape, representing a significant phase of ritual burial practice during the second and first millennia before Christ. The bowl barrow's survival and archaeological designation reflect its importance to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in southern England.

Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012758. View the official record →

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