Scheduled MonumentsEnglandFour bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary

England
List entry 1020510
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020510
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.25 hectares
Grid reference
SU 81443 30681, SU 81245 30563, SU 81172 30484, SU 80981 30376
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down is a Bronze Age cemetery monument located 650 metres north-west of The Sanctuary in Hampshire, England. The site comprises four round barrows of the bowl type, characteristic earthen burial mounds typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England, dating to the second millennium BCE. These barrows represent the remains of a small prehistoric burial group positioned on the chalk downland landscape of Wiltshire, reflecting the pattern of dispersed funerary monuments across the region during the Bronze Age period. The site is designated as a scheduled monument and provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the area surrounding The Sanctuary complex.

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020510. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary?

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down is a Bronze Age cemetery monument located 650 metres north-west of The Sanctuary in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020510.

Who is responsible for protecting Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary?

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary 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 1020510.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows on Trotton Common (9.2 km), Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries (9.3 km), Bowl barrow on Goldrings Warren (9.3 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary

Four bowl barrows on Weavers Down, 650m north west of The Sanctuary stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.