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Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House

England
List entry 1012690
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012690
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.42 hectares
Grid reference
SU 45879 31984
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Hampshire. The site comprises three distinct round barrows, earthworks typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as burial monuments for prominent members of prehistoric communities. The barrows represent significant evidence of settlement and ritual practice in the Hampshire landscape during the second millennium BCE. As a group, they form part of the broader archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice in southern England and contribute to understanding the distribution and character of funerary monuments across the region.

Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012690. View the official record →

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What is Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House?

Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012690.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House?

Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House 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 1012690.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 200m north of Attwoods Drove Farm (5.5 km), Bowl barrow 75m west of Itchen Cottages (5.5 km), Lynchets on north west spur of Twyford Down (5.9 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two bowl barrows 200m north of Attwoods Drove Farm
5.5 km
Bowl barrow 75m west of Itchen Cottages
5.5 km
Lynchets on north west spur of Twyford Down
5.9 km
Romano-British enclosure and later hollow ways on Twyford Down
6.1 km
Moated site 300m south-east of Compton House
6.6 km
Merdon Castle
6.7 km
Park pale to the north, west and south west of Hursley Park
6.8 km
Two bowl barrows 200m east of Twyford Pumping Station
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House

Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House

WinchesterRoman town · ~2.1 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~20 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~21.8 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~22 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.7 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~20.9 miles
Domesday entry for Worthy, Hampshire →
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