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Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises two burial mounds of the characteristic bowl barrow form, earthworks typical of the third and second millennia BC. The monuments stand within the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu, a former hunting forest belonging to the medieval ecclesiastical authority. These barrows represent significant evidence of prehistoric ritual landscape use and funerary practice in the Hampshire region.
Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012581. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012581.
Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu 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 1012581.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and length of field boundary on Peaked Hill, 440m south-west of East Boldre Vicarage (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Norley Inclosure (5.7 km), Two bowl barrows 460m north-west of Norley Inclosure (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two bowl barrows in the Bishop of Winchester's Purlieu stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.