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Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire. The barrows comprise three separate burial mounds characteristic of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, when such earthen structures served as communal or family burial sites across southern Britain. Situated on the chalk downland of the Hampshire landscape, these barrows represent evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the region. The monument's survival and designation reflect its archaeological importance as a record of prehistoric burial customs and land use during the second millennium before the present era.
Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020319. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020319.
Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head 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 1020319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 700m south-west of Longwood House (3.5 km), Twyford Roman villa (5.4 km), Park pale at Marwell, south-east of Cowleaze Copse (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.