Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation

England
List entry 1015484
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015484
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 24270 48373
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. The barrow takes the form of a simple rounded mound characteristic of bowl barrow types, which were the dominant burial monuments of the early Bronze Age across southern England. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ceremonial activity within their communities. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Hampshire.

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015484. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation?

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015484.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation?

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation 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 1015484.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow cemetery 730m north of Hampshire Gap (7.6 km), Bowl barrow 780m NNE of Hampshire Gap (7.6 km), Bowl barrow 125m north-east of South View Farm (8.1 km).

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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation

Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.