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Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial site located in Hampshire. The site comprises multiple round barrows, typical of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, alongside associated earthwork enclosures that suggest a landscape of ritual and mortuary significance. The barrows represent a period of intensive barrow construction in Hampshire, reflecting Bronze Age communities' investment in monumental burial places and territorial marking. The earthwork enclosures indicate structured spatial organisation of the cemetery and may relate to the ritual management of the burial landscape during the Bronze Age period.
Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015998. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial site located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015998.
Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages 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 1015998.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill (1.4 km), Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp (1.7 km), World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.