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Bowl barrow on Backley Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire. The monument consists of a simple domed earthwork, characteristic of bowl barrows from the second millennium BCE. Such barrows typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and often formed part of larger cemetery complexes. The site represents an important record of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Hampshire landscape.
Bowl barrow on Backley Plain is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009029. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Backley Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009029.
Bowl barrow on Backley Plain 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 1009029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Church Moor, 700m north of Long Pond (4.2 km), Bowl barrow 980m north-west of Wilverley Post (4.7 km), Bell barrow 900m north-west of Wilverley Post (4.8 km).
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