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Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age. Such barrows served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities, and their distribution across the downland landscape reflects patterns of settlement and land use in the second millennium BCE. The barrow remains as a discrete archaeological feature preserving evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and the broader ceremonial landscape of southern England.
Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010507. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010507.
Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down 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 1010507.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (3 km), Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (3.1 km), Two bowl barrows 460m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (3.1 km).
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