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Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising three burial mounds situated on the Hampshire downland. The barrows are typical examples of bowl barrow construction, the most common form of round barrow erected during the Bronze Age, and represent ritual and burial practices of communities inhabiting the chalk uplands during the second millennium BC. Their presence on Chalton Down reflects the wider pattern of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity across the Hampshire downs, where such barrow cemeteries served as enduring markers of territorial occupation and ancestral commemoration. The monument remains substantially preserved as an upstanding earthwork, retaining archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age funerary traditions and landscape use in southern England.
Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020512. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising three burial mounds situated on the Hampshire downland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020512.
Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm 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 1020512.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork and bailey at Motleys Copse (2.9 km), Motte castle at Motley's Copse (3.1 km), The Castle (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Chalton Down, 860m east of Netherley Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.