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Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery

England
List entry 1012759
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012759
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 58440 87560
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery in Hampshire, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of Bronze Age burial monument in southern England. It belongs to a cemetery group, indicating the site's significance as a focal point for successive Bronze Age communities over an extended period. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important archaeological witness to Bronze Age funerary practices in the region.

Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012759. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012759.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery 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 1012759.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (3.9 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (3.9 km), Monastic grange at Haseley Manor (4.2 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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Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
3.9 km
Sandown Barrack Battery
3.9 km
Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
4.2 km
Bowl barrow on Culver Down
5.6 km
Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
8.6 km
Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.6 km
Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.8 km
Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery

Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery 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 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~18.8 milesChichesterRoman town · ~20.2 miles
Domesday entry for Abedestone, Hampshire →
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