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Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage

England
List entry 1016003
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016003
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 13123 97543, SZ 12929 97471
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, approximately 680 metres and 640 metres north-west of Brickfield Cottage. The monument comprises two distinct circular earthwork mounds characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, constructed to cover cremated or inhumed human remains. These barrows form part of the wider landscape of prehistoric ritual monuments in the New Forest area and represent the funerary traditions of Bronze Age communities in southern England. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference NHLE 1016003.

Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016003. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage?

Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hampshire, approximately 680 metres and 640 metres north-west of Brickfield Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016003.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage?

Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage 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 1016003.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill (2.3 km), Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp (2.7 km), World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town (4.8 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill
2.3 km
Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp
2.7 km
World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town
4.8 km
Site of Town Walls in, and E of, Druitt Gardens
5.4 km
Staple Cross
5.5 km
Pre-Conquest monastery, early Christian cemetery, Augustinian priory and a motte and bailey castle at Christchurch
5.8 km
Bowl barrow 390m east of Tuckton Roundabout
5.9 km
Two bowl barrows 405m north west of Barn Cottage, Hengistbury Head
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage

Two bowl barrows on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage 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 on Sopley Common, 680m and 640m north west of Brickfield Cottage

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~21.9 miles
Domesday entry for Hurn, Hampshire →
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