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Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate

England
List entry 1016008
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016008
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 43908 85572
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Hampshire. The barrow survives as a roughly circular earthwork mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type that was commonly constructed during the Bronze Age as a funerary structure for high-status individuals or family groups. Located in an area rich in prehistoric archaeology, it forms part of a wider landscape of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial sites that demonstrates the ritual and settlement patterns of early metal-using communities in southern England. The monument is of archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial practices and the organisation of Bronze Age society.

Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016008. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate?

Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016008.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate?

Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate 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 1016008.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.4 km), Rock Roman villa (2.1 km), Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse (2.8 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
1.4 km
Rock Roman villa
2.1 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
2.8 km
Castle Hill earthwork
3.4 km
Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
3.4 km
Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
3.8 km
Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
4.4 km
Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
4.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate

Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Calbourne, Hampshire →
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