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Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in the New Forest area of Hampshire. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound of circular plan, characteristic of the bowl barrow type which was the dominant burial form during the Bronze Age in southern England. Such monuments typically covered single or multiple inhumations and occasionally cremations, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site's location on Ibsley Common, within an area known to contain other prehistoric remains, indicates its part in a broader landscape of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region.
Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016743. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in the New Forest area of Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016743.
Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm 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 1016743.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Black Hill (7.7 km), Collin's Grave: a bowl barrow on Burley Moor (7.8 km), Hillfort at Castle Hill (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.