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Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House

England
List entry 1020263
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020263
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 40407 85059
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents a funerary practice characteristic of the second millennium before Christ, when such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites across southern Britain. Its survival in the landscape provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Hampshire region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under designation 1020263.

Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020263. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House?

Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020263.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House?

Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House 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 1020263.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (0.8 km), The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage (0.9 km), Castle Hill earthwork (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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage
0.8 km
The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage
0.9 km
Castle Hill earthwork
1.1 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
1.4 km
Rock Roman villa
2.2 km
Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage
2.4 km
A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
4 km
Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
4.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House

Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Shalcombe, Hampshire →
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