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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 →
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.
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.
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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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.