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Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage is a round barrow cemetery component located on Mottistone Down in Hampshire. These Bronze Age burial mounds form part of a larger barrow cemetery dating to the second millennium before Christ, representing an important concentration of funerary monuments from the prehistoric period. The two individual bowl barrows are characteristic of their type, comprising earthen mounds of modest dimensions typical of Bronze Age burial practice on the chalk downlands of southern England. Their survival as scheduled monuments reflects the archaeological significance of Mottistone Down as a landscape rich in evidence of prehistoric ritual and burial activity.
Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007796. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage is a round barrow cemetery component located on Mottistone Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007796.
Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone 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 1007796.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage (0.5 km), Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (0.5 km), Castle Hill earthwork (0.7 km).
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