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Bowl barrow on Headon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, designed to contain and mark a cremation or inhumation burial. Such barrows represent significant archaeological evidence of early metal-age settlement patterns and burial customs in southern England, dating to approximately 2000–700 BC. The site's preservation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its importance to understanding the ritual and social structures of Bronze Age Hampshire communities.
Bowl barrow on Headon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010509. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Headon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010509.
Bowl barrow on Headon Hill 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 1010509.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three barrows 110m north-east of Heatherdown (0.3 km), Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards (0.4 km), Two bowl barrows on High Down, 370m west of Tennyson's Beacon (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Headon Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow on Headon Hill stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.