Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the extensive round barrow cemetery on Pay Down in Hampshire. The barrow is of bowl type, characterized by a simple dome-shaped earthwork without the more elaborate ditched surrounds or internal structures found in some contemporary monuments. It dates to the Bronze Age period when such funerary monuments were commonly constructed across southern England as focal points for community burial and ritual activity. The barrow contributes to the archaeological significance of the Pay Down cemetery, which represents an important concentration of prehistoric burial monuments in the Hampshire landscape.

Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008313. View the official record →

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