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Fancy barrow on Race Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Race Plain in Hampshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument of the type characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such structures were erected as prominent markers in the landscape to commemorate the dead. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008802, reflecting its recognised archaeological and historical importance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Hampshire region.
Fancy barrow on Race Plain is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008802. View the official record →
Fancy barrow on Race Plain is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Race Plain in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008802.
Fancy barrow on Race Plain 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 1008802.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow at Shirley Holms, 710m east-north-east of Little Purley Farm (1 km), Bowl barrow at Shirley Holms, 660m east-north-east of Little Purley Farm (1 km), Bowl barrow at Shirley Holms, 630m north-east of Little Purley Farm (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fancy barrow on Race Plain'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.
Fancy barrow on Race Plain stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.