Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works

England
List entry 1016091
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016091
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 09725 99720, SZ 09717 99559
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England, approximately 950 metres and 1080 metres south west of Palmers Ford Works. The site consists of two distinct bowl-shaped earthwork mounds characteristic of prehistoric burial practice in southern England. Bowl barrows of this type typically date from the Bronze Age, though some examples may originate in the late Neolithic period. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and represents evidence of burial ritual and settlement patterns in the Hampshire landscape during the second millennium before Christ.

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016091. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works?

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England, approximately 950 metres and 1080 metres south west of Palmers Ford Works. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016091.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works?

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works 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 1016091.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Ramsdown Plantation, 120m north west of Brickfield Cottage (4.4 km), Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages (4.8 km), St Catherine's Hill camp and round barrows (6.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works

Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~20.7 miles