Reasons for Designation
Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They comprise
closely-spaced groups of up to 30 round barrows - rubble or earthen mounds
covering single or multiple burials. Most cemeteries developed over a
considerable period of time, often many centuries, and in some cases acted as
a focus for burials as late as the early medieval period. They exhibit
considerable diversity of burial rite, plan and form, frequently including
several different types of round barrow, occasionally associated with earlier
long barrows. Where large scale investigation has been undertaken around them,
contemporary or later "flat" burials between the barrow mounds have often been
revealed. Round barrow cemeteries occur across most of lowland Britain, with a
marked concentration in Wessex. In some cases, they are clustered around other
important contemporary monuments such as henges. Often occupying prominent
locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape, whilst
their diversity and their longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the variety of beliefs and social organisation amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving or partly-surviving examples are
considered worthy of protection.
Details
The monument includes a levelled bowl barrow forming part of a wider round
barrow cemetery and situated on a terrace on the north-facing slope of
Redhill, 230m NNE of Quarry Farm.
Although the barrow mound was levelled by ploughing during the Second World
War, the encircling ditch or `ring ditch` can still be identified on aerial
photographs defining an area c.15m across. It was from the ditch that material
was quarried during the construction of the monument. This has subsequently
become infilled but survives as a buried feature c.2m wide.
The monument is one of at least six bowl barrows which originally formed the
round barrow cemetery at Redhill.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
22834
Legacy System:
RSM
Sources
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Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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