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Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm

England
List entry 1001833
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001833
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.2 hectares
Grid reference
SU 57174 48808, SU 56983 48541, SU 57252 48509
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises three distinct burial mounds, characteristic of the ritual landscape that developed across southern Britain during the Bronze Age, a period spanning approximately 2150 to 700 BCE. These earthworks represent the communal and individual commemoration practices of prehistoric societies, with round barrows serving as visible markers of elite or significant burials within their respective settlements and territories. The survival of these three examples demonstrates the archaeological value of the site in understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Hampshire.

Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001833. View the official record →

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What is Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm?

Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001833.

Who is responsible for protecting Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm?

Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes 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 1001833.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement 400m SE of Battle Down Farm (2.9 km), White Barrow (3.1 km), Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour Road (4.4 km).

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

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Iron Age settlement 400m SE of Battle Down Farm
2.9 km
White Barrow
3.1 km
Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour Road
4.4 km
Windmill mound at Farleigh House
4.8 km
Winklebury camp
6 km
Popham Beacons round barrow cemetery
6.5 km
Ellisfield camp W of Upper Common
6.5 km
Enclosures S of the Cowleys
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm

Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm

SilchesterRoman town · ~9.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~13.1 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.9 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~12.9 miles
Domesday entry for Oakley, Hampshire →
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