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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Petersfield Heath BarrowsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.991 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Map Ref: SU755225 Landranger Map Number: 197
Latitude: 50.996951N Longitude: 0.925499W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Barrow Cemetery in Hampshire comprising 15 bowl barrow, four saucer barrows, one disc arrow and a bell barrow.
On consulting a large scale map of the heath, or indeed walking on the heath, you will see set among the trees around the lake a number of round man-made mounds. Some are easily visible, for example those surrounding the cricket pitch, but others in the denser scrub are harder to find. The mounds represent the burial sites of people who lived during the Early Bronze Age, around 2000-1800BC
There are at present some 21 mounds or barrows visible, representing a number of different styles. Not all of the mounds are the same size or height and some are quite difficult to find because they are either in thick scrub/woodland, or are very slight.
The Petersfield barrow cemetery is an important lowland group and has representatives of the following types of round barrow
Bell barrow
Bowl Barrow
Saucer barrow
Pond barrow
Disk barrow
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