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Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate

England

List entry 1020265

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020265

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.11 hectares

Grid reference

SZ 43437 85773, SZ 43453 85743, SZ 43496 85766, SZ 43480 85743

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located on the downland of Hampshire. The site comprises four distinct earthen mounds arranged across the landscape, characteristic of the barrow cemetery tradition practised during the later prehistoric period. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual and commemorative activity within their contemporary communities. The monument survives as an archaeological landscape feature contributing to the understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the Hampshire chalk downlands.

Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020265. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate?

Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located on the downland of Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020265.

Who is responsible for protecting Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate?

Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate 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 1020265.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.8 km), Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.8 km), Rock Roman villa (1.9 km).

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Overview

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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

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

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down

1.8 km

Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down

1.8 km

Rock Roman villa

1.9 km

Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse

2.5 km

Castle Hill earthwork

3.1 km

Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor

3.8 km

Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm

4.2 km

Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage

4.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate

Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Calbourne, Hampshire →

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