Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree round barrows at Crawley Clump

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump

England
List entry 1020500
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020500
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.66 hectares
Grid reference
SU 44288 36268
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises three distinct burial mounds, characteristic of the barrow cemeteries that proliferated across southern England during the Bronze Age, typically dating from approximately 2200 to 700 BC. These earthworks represent the ritual interment practices of prehistoric communities and serve as significant archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the region. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, contributing to the archaeological record of Hampshire's Bronze Age heritage.

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020500. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three round barrows at Crawley Clump?

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020500.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows at Crawley Clump?

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump 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 1020500.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows at Crawley Clump?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wolvesey Palace (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 70m north of Oliver Cromwell's Battery (8.4 km), Oliver Cromwell's Battery: Iron Age enclosure reused as a Civil War battery (8.6 km).

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Overview
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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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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows at Crawley Clump

Three round barrows at Crawley Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.