Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down in Hampshire. The monument is a bowl barrow, the most common form of round barrow, characterised by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over one or more burials. It dates to the Bronze Age, a period when such burial monuments were constructed across southern England as communal and individual sepulchres for the dead. The barrow cemetery at Mottistone Down represents a significant concentration of Bronze Age funerary practice and contributes to understanding settlement and ritual activity in the region during prehistory.

Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007798. View the official record →

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