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Bowl barrow on Arreton Down

England
List entry 1010009
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010009
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 53936 87227
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Arreton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire. The monument is a well-preserved example of a bowl barrow, the most common form of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age in southern England, typically dating from around 2000 to 1500 BC. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile, rising prominently from the surrounding downland landscape. Such monuments served as repositories for elite burials and represent significant evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the region.

Bowl barrow on Arreton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010009. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Arreton Down?

Bowl barrow on Arreton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010009.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Arreton Down?

Bowl barrow on Arreton Down 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 1010009.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Arreton Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandown Barrack Battery (6.5 km), Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway (7.2 km), Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor (8.3 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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sandown Barrack Battery
6.5 km
Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
7.2 km
Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
8.3 km
Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
8.9 km
Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
9.1 km
Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
9.2 km
Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Arreton Down

Bowl barrow on Arreton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Arreton Down

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~21.3 milesChichesterRoman town · ~22.7 miles
Domesday entry for Arreton, Hampshire →
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