Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRow Down round barrow cemetery

Row Down round barrow cemetery

England
List entry 1013132
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013132
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SU 43026 02110
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Row Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Hampshire, comprising multiple round barrows arranged across the landscape. The site represents a significant concentration of funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age period, when such barrow cemeteries served as focal points for successive burial practices and land use. The individual barrows at Row Down demonstrate the typical morphology of Bronze Age round mounds constructed over inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the deceased. Such cemetery sites are important archaeological resources for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns, burial practices, and social organisation in southern England.

Row Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013132. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Row Down round barrow cemetery?

Row Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Hampshire, comprising multiple round barrows arranged across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013132.

Who is responsible for protecting Row Down round barrow cemetery?

Row Down round barrow cemetery 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 1013132.

What other scheduled monuments are near Row Down round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 360m south-west of Ipers Bridge Farm (1.2 km), Bowl barrow 660m south-west of Pitts Copse Farm (1.7 km), Bowl barrow 480m west of Glydia Farm (1.8 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Row Down round barrow cemetery

Row Down round barrow cemetery stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.