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Brighstone Down Bowl Barrows is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located within Brighstone Forest, approximately 1.1 kilometres north-north-east of Coombe Farm in Hampshire. The barrows sit on white chalk bedrock, the underlying geology that characterises the chalk downland of this region. They form part of the scheduled monument landscape of central Hampshire, where such funerary monuments are scattered across the open downs and woodland edges.
Bowl barrows represent the most common form of Bronze Age burial monument in southern England, typically constructed as earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains. The two examples at Brighstone Down preserve the distinctive rounded profile characteristic of this monument type, though the passage of millennia and modern land management have modified their original form. Their survival within the forest environment reflects the protection afforded by scheduled monument status.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England under reference number 1007801, with a designated area of 0.04 hectares covering both barrows. This legal protection ensures that archaeological investigations and ground disturbance require consent, safeguarding the remains for future study and preserving this tangible record of Bronze Age burial practices on the Hampshire downlands.
Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007801. View the official record →
Brighstone Down Bowl Barrows is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located within Brighstone Forest, approximately 1.1 kilometres north-north-east of Coombe Farm in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007801.
Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe 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 1007801.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock Roman villa (0.9 km), A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.3 km), Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.5 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.