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Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards

England
List entry 1020266
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020266
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 31568 85584
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument of the type commonly constructed during the Bronze Age for the interment of individuals of probable social significance. Its position within the Hampshire landscape reflects the wider pattern of Bronze Age funerary monuments distributed across southern England during the second millennium BC. The site remains a material record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.

Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020266. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards?

Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020266.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards?

Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards 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 1020266.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three barrows 110m north-east of Heatherdown (0.1 km), Two bowl barrows on High Down, 370m west of Tennyson's Beacon (0.6 km), Bowl barrow on West High Down, 150m north of Roe's Hall (1.1 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Group of three barrows 110m north-east of Heatherdown
0.1 km
Two bowl barrows on High Down, 370m west of Tennyson's Beacon
0.6 km
Bowl barrow on West High Down, 150m north of Roe's Hall
1.1 km
New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles
1.8 km
Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down, 800m west of Freshwater Bay House
2.1 km
Lower Needles Point battery
2.1 km
Bowl barrow 200m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
3.8 km
Three bowl barrows 280m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
3.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards

Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

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