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Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down is a Bronze Age burial ground located near Winchester in Hampshire. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows, earthwork mounds constructed as sepulchral monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BC. The barrows represent funerary practices of prehistoric communities and contribute significantly to the archaeological record of the Winchester region. The site is designated as a heritage monument, reflecting its importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in southern England.
Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016746. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down is a Bronze Age burial ground located near Winchester in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016746.
Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down 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 1016746.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 200m east of Twyford Pumping Station (4.4 km), Long barrow 250m south-west of Warren Farm (4.4 km), Pumping station (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down'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 on Magdalen Hill Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.