Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage

Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage

England
List entry 1009971
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009971
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SU 34999 01627
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cold Pixie's Cave is a bowl barrow located approximately 600 metres south-east of Stockley Cottage in Hampshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of funerary architecture characteristic of that period. Bowl barrows were among the most common burial mound types in Bronze Age Britain, typically constructed as low, rounded earthworks serving as communal or individual repositories for the dead. This example survives as a substantial earthwork and forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Hampshire's prehistoric burial monuments.

Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009971. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage?

Cold Pixie's Cave is a bowl barrow located approximately 600 metres south-east of Stockley Cottage in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009971.

Who is responsible for protecting Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage?

Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage 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 1009971.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and length of field boundary on Peaked Hill, 440m south-west of East Boldre Vicarage (2.6 km), Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Norley Inclosure (2.7 km), Two bowl barrows 460m north-west of Norley Inclosure (2.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage

Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.

The wider landscape

Around Cold Pixie's Cave: a bowl barrow 600m south-east of Stockley Cottage

WinchesterRoman town · ~19.1 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~23.5 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~23.1 miles