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Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The barrow is typical of the bowl barrow form, characterised by a simple hemispherical or gently rounded mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed burial, a burial practice prevalent during the Bronze Age. As part of the Bratley Plain cemetery, it represents a significant grouping of funerary monuments from this period, indicating an important focus for ritual deposition and ancestor commemoration during prehistory. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological and historical importance.
Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012559. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012559.
Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery 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 1012559.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 900m north-west of Wilverley Post (6.5 km), Bowl barrow 340m north-west of Wilverley Post (7 km), Bell barrow 200m east of Slap Bottom (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery'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 forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.