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Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse is a prehistoric burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Afton Down in Hampshire. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of several funerary monuments clustered across the downland landscape, indicating sustained ritual use of the site during this period. As a bowl barrow, it would have comprised an earthen mound of modest dimensions surrounding a central burial or cremation, typical of burial practices in southern England during the second millennium BCE. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as part of a broader ceremonial and burial landscape.
Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007792. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse is a prehistoric burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Afton Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007792.
Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton 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 1007792.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down (4.5 km), Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 710m north west of Longstone Cottage (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (5.1 km).
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