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Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising three adjacent round barrows located on Afton Down in Hampshire. The barrows are bowl barrows in form, a common type of burial mound from the Bronze Age period, and their confluence indicates they were constructed as part of a coordinated cemetery development. The site forms part of a wider distribution of round barrow cemeteries on Afton Down, reflecting the importance of this elevated location for ritual and burial practices during the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument.
Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007793. View the official record →
Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising three adjacent round barrows located on Afton Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007793.
Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton 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 1007793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down (4.5 km), Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 710m north west of Longstone Cottage (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (5.1 km).
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