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Bowl barrow on Handy Cross Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary form across southern Britain during the Bronze Age, typically dating from around 2000 to 1500 BCE. Such barrows served as prominent landscape markers and communal or individual burial monuments, often containing cremated or inhumed remains along with grave goods reflecting the ritual practices of their period. The barrow's survival on Handy Cross Plain preserves evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Hampshire landscape.
Bowl barrow on Handy Cross Plain is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013105. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Handy Cross Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013105.
Bowl barrow on Handy Cross 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 1013105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Church Moor, 700m north of Long Pond (4.5 km), Bell barrow 200m east of Slap Bottom (5.3 km), Bowl barrow 980m north-west of Wilverley Post (5.6 km).
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