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Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises four bowl barrows, characteristic round burial mounds of the Bronze Age period, alongside evidence of later medieval or post-medieval rabbit warren activity that has modified the landscape. The barrows represent a significant concentration of prehistoric burial monuments on elevated ground, reflecting the importance of Stagbury Hill as a location for ritual interment during the Bronze Age. The later warren demonstrates the long sequence of human use and land management that characterises the Wiltshire downlands.
Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016490. View the official record →
Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016490.
Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common 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 1016490.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Longwater Lawn (8.6 km), Hillfort 400m south of Home Farm (9 km), Bowl barrow north of Fulliford Bog (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.