Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage

Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage

England
List entry 1020505
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020505
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
SU 79897 32101
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows, 980 metres east of Woolmer Pond Cottage, is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire. The site comprises three earthen mounds characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across southern England during the third and second millennia before the present. The barrows survive as upstanding earthworks within the Woolmer Forest area, representing a significant cluster of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region. Such monuments provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Hampshire heathlands.

Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020505. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage?

Three bowl barrows, 980 metres east of Woolmer Pond Cottage, is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020505.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage?

Three bowl barrows, 980m east 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 1020505.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Habin Bridge (9.2 km), Two bowl barrows 380m south of Wenham Cottage: part of West Heath Common round barrow cemetery (9.5 km), Twin bowl barrow 325m south east of the Club House on Petersfield Heath Common, part of the Petersfield Heath Group (10 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage

Three bowl barrows, 980m east of Woolmer Pond Cottage stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.