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Bowl barrow at Matley Holms is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Hampshire, England. The site consists of a circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary form constructed during the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as markers of social status within Bronze Age communities. The monument's survival into the modern period makes it an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the Hampshire landscape.
Bowl barrow at Matley Holms is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012578. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Matley Holms is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012578.
Bowl barrow at Matley Holms 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 1012578.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Peaked Hill, 620m west of East Boldre Vicarage (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Two Bridges Bottom (8.6 km), Bowl barrow on Peaked Hill, 550m west of East Boldre Vicarage (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Matley Holms's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow at Matley Holms stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.