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Round barrow cemetery and hollow ways on Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial complex located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises a cemetery of round barrows, characteristic funerary monuments of the Bronze Age, arranged across the hilltop landscape. Associated with the barrows are hollow ways, linear depressions in the ground created by repeated use and erosion over centuries, which likely represent ancient trackways linking the burial monuments and connecting to broader prehistoric communication networks. The archaeology of the site demonstrates sustained ritual and utilitarian use of Beacon Hill during the Bronze Age period and possibly beyond, making it a significant example of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in southern England.
Round barrow cemetery and hollow ways on Beacon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016748. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery and hollow ways on Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial complex located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016748.
Round barrow cemetery and hollow ways on Beacon Hill 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 1016748.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four round barrows in 'Hump Field' S of Stakes Lane (3.5 km), Hillfort, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester Hill (3.8 km), Corhampton British village on Corhampton Down (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery and hollow ways on Beacon Hill'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 hollow ways on Beacon Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.