Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down

England
List entry 1008312
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008312
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.2 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 39913 85089
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down in Hampshire. These earthworks represent the funerary practices of the Early to Middle Bronze Age, a period when such monuments were constructed as prominent landscape features to mark the burial of significant members of prehistoric communities. The barrows survive as bowl-shaped mounds, the characteristic form from which they derive their name, and form part of a larger cemetery cluster that demonstrates the continued use of this location as a burial ground across several generations. Their survival and scheduled protection reflect their value as archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Hampshire region.

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008312. View the official record →

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What is Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down?

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008312.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down?

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay 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 1008312.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (0.9 km), The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage (1.2 km), Castle Hill earthwork (1.4 km).

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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down

Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.