Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down

England
List entry 1012749
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012749
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 57191 87626
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The barrow is part of a larger cemetery of round barrows on Ashey Down, which represents a significant concentration of Bronze Age funerary monuments. As a bowl barrow, it exhibits the characteristic form of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped mound, typical of Bronze Age burial practices across southern England. The site's placement within a barrow cemetery indicates the ritual and burial significance of the location during the Bronze Age period.

Bowl barrow 280m WNW 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 1012749. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down?

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012749.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down?

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey 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 1012749.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monastic grange at Haseley Manor (3.2 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (4.5 km), Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (4.9 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
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~19.5 milesChichesterRoman town · ~20.8 miles