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Bowl barrow on Hiscocks Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument is a well-preserved example of a bowl barrow, the most common form of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age, characterised by its distinctive hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork. Bowl barrows typically contained burials accompanied by grave goods, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities. The barrow on Hiscocks Hill survives as a substantial earthwork and remains an important archaeological site for understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in Hampshire.
Bowl barrow on Hiscocks Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010086. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Hiscocks Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010086.
Bowl barrow on Hiscocks 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 1010086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Seven bowl barrows forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery (5 km), Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery (5.1 km), Bowl barrow forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Hiscocks 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 Hiscocks Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.