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Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Hampshire, approximately 540 metres south of Woolmer Pond Cottage. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows, which are characteristic funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period, typically dating from around 2000 to 1500 BCE. These earthen mounds would have originally contained inhumations and cremations, reflecting the ritual practices of early Bronze Age communities in southern England. The site's survival on Woolmer Down, an area of heathland, has preserved these monuments as significant archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Hampshire landscape.
Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down, 540m south of Woolmer Pond Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020503. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Hampshire, approximately 540 metres south of Woolmer Pond Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020503.
Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down, 540m south of Woolmer Pond Cottage 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 1020503.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 380m south of Wenham Cottage: part of West Heath Common round barrow cemetery (9.1 km), Bowl barrow and two saucer barrows 440m south east of the Club House on Petersfield Heath common, part of the Petersfield Heath Group (9.6 km), Disc barrow 460m south of the Club House on Petersfield Heath Common, part of the Petersfield Heath Group (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down, 540m south of Woolmer Pond Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow cemetery on Woolmer Down, 540m south of Woolmer Pond Cottage stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.