Park pale known as Bishop's Dyke, and a Bronze Age bowl barrow, to the south and west of Furzy Brow

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History & significance

Park pale known as Bishop's Dyke is a linear earthwork located to the south and west of Furzy Brow in Hampshire. The pale represents a medieval or early post-medieval field boundary or park enclosure, constructed as a ditch and bank feature typical of organized land management during that period. Associated with this earthwork is a Bronze Age bowl barrow, indicating that the landscape was inhabited and ritually marked during the prehistoric period, long before the pale's construction. The co-existence of these two monuments at the location demonstrates the palimpsest character of the Hampshire landscape, with successive periods of human activity and land use recorded in its topography.

Park pale known as Bishop's Dyke, and a Bronze Age bowl barrow, to the south and west of Furzy Brow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009324. View the official record →

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