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Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm

England
List entry 1007799
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007799
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 43257 84488
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 850 metres north-north-east of Coombe Farm in Hampshire. The monument takes the form of a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary architecture in southern England, consisting of a circular mound with a gently sloping profile. Such barrows served as burial monuments for individuals of status during the Bronze Age period, and their survival in the landscape provides evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the New Forest region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1007799.

Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007799. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm?

Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 850 metres north-north-east of Coombe Farm in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007799.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm?

Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm 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 1007799.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock Roman villa (0.9 km), A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.1 km), Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.3 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rock Roman villa
0.9 km
A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
1.1 km
Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
1.3 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
1.8 km
Castle Hill earthwork
2.4 km
Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
2.9 km
Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
3.6 km
Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm

Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Coombe, Hampshire →
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