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Bowl barrow 325m west of Towngate Farm

A Scheduled Monument in Medstead, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1316 / 51°7'53"N

Longitude: -1.0734 / 1°4'24"W

OS Eastings: 464930.636166

OS Northings: 137333.21589

OS Grid: SU649373

Mapcode National: GBR B81.ZCH

Mapcode Global: VHD0V.BTWD

Entry Name: Bowl barrow 325m west of Towngate Farm

Scheduled Date: 9 October 1981

Last Amended: 12 April 1991

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1012830

English Heritage Legacy ID: 12150

County: Hampshire

Civil Parish: Medstead

Built-Up Area: Medstead

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Medstead St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow surviving in a private garden and set on
the crest of a gentle south-facing slope. The barrow mound is of irregular
shape measuring 28m from east-west, 16m from north-south and surviving to a
height of 1.5m. A ditch, no longer visible at ground level, surrounds the
barrow mound and survives as a buried feature c.3m wide.
Sheds situated on the west of the barrow mound are excluded from the
scheduling although ground beneath them is included.

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.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

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.

There is no evidence for formal excavation of the Towngate Farm barrow and it
survives well. The site therefore has considerable archaeological potential.

Source: Historic England

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