Bowl barrow 860m east of Dilton Farm forming part of the Beaulieu Airfield round barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 860m east of Dilton Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated within the Beaulieu Airfield round barrow cemetery in Hampshire. The barrow is of bowl type, a common form of burial mound dating to the Bronze Age period, comprising an earthen mound with a surrounding ditch. The site forms part of a significant cemetery of round barrows, indicating intensive ritual and mortuary activity across the landscape during the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an important archaeological deposit and landscape feature, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the New Forest region of Hampshire.

Bowl barrow 860m east of Dilton Farm forming part of the Beaulieu Airfield round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010377. View the official record →

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