Bowl barrow 125m south-west of Stockley Inclosure
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1012947
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-1963
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- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1012947
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Dec-1990
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- New Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Denny Lodge
- National Park:
- New Forest
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 33647 01843
Reasons for Designation
Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of protection.
Despite partial excavation of the barrow mound, much of the monument remains intact and therefore has considerable archaeological potential.
Details
The monument includes a ditched bowl barrow set on flat ground in an area of open heathland. The barrow mound has a maximum diameter of 30m and is 2.4m high. It appears flat-topped with the upper surface 16m across. Surrounding the barrow mound is a seasonally water-filled ditch 4m wide and 0.5m deep on the north-west side. A slight hollow in the centre of the mound suggests the site may have been partially excavated, probably in the 19th century. The mound and ditch together have a diameter of 38m.
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 12130
- Legacy System:
- RSM
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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