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Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount

England
List entry 1016002
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016002
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 13050 98432
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Avon Common is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Hampshire, approximately 115 metres south east of The Mount. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a common form of funerary monument from this period, constructed as a simple earthen mound serving as a communal or individual burial deposit. The barrow retains its characteristic bowl-shaped form, though its original dimensions and internal structure remain largely undocumented in the accessible scholarly record. Such monuments are significant as archaeological evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Hampshire landscape.

Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016002. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount?

Bowl barrow on Avon Common is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Hampshire, approximately 115 metres south east of The Mount. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016002.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount?

Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount 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 1016002.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill (3.2 km), Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp (3.5 km), World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town (5.6 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

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill
3.2 km
Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp
3.5 km
World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town
5.6 km
Staple Cross
6.2 km
Site of Town Walls in, and E of, Druitt Gardens
6.2 km
Pre-Conquest monastery, early Christian cemetery, Augustinian priory and a motte and bailey castle at Christchurch
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 390m east of Tuckton Roundabout
6.7 km
Two bowl barrows 405m north west of Barn Cottage, Hengistbury Head
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount

Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Avon Common, 115m south east of The Mount

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~21.4 miles
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