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Submitted by JimChampion on Wednesday, 26 January 2005  Page Views: 9851

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Stockbridge
Map Ref: SU377347
Latitude: 51.110361N  Longitude: 1.462844W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : January 2005. A view of the largest bowl barrow on Stockbridge Down, looking south. It is not very high, and has a fairly recent (and tasteful) fence protecting it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Hampshire. Stockbridge Down, to the east of the town of Stockbridge, is an area of chalk downland managed by the National Trust. As it says on the information board at the site's car park you find "history all around you". There are many Bronze Age bowl barrows on the 160 acre site, with the largest being several metres across but only one or two feet high. Fourteen of these barrows are protected as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, and some have been fenced in. The Hampshire Treasures online resource says that excavation of these barrows in 1939 revealed an inhumation and a copper awl, and a cremation with an urn, awl and beads.

Access Car park is at grid-ref SU388345, at the south-east corner of the National Trust land. Turn left into the car park off the B3049 about 2 miles east of Stockbridge. Paths criss-cross the downland from this point and the larger tumuli are obvious from their protective fences. Also at this site are an Iron Age field-boundary earthwork and the ramparts of Woolbury Iron Age hillfort.
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Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : In the foreground, the bowl barrow at grid ref. SU37773473. In the distance on top of a knoll is the bowl barrow at grid ref. SU37533484. Both are surrounded by fences in an effort to preserve them from the feet/hooves of curious visitors to the Down. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : Bowl barrow at grid ref. SU37533484 in silhouette against the sky. There are a number of such barrows scattered across Stockbridge Down. This one has a prominent position on a knoll, although its mound is only about half a metre high. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : Bowl barrow at grid ref. SU37533484, surrounded by a hurdle fence to keep walkers/ridden horses off. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : Looking south on Stockbridge Down. One of the less well preserved round barrows is in the foreground, covered with scrub, and the hurdles surrounding a better preserved specimen can be seen just behind and to the right. This part of the down is carpeted with reddish-brown flowers. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion : January 2005. One of the larger bowl barrows on Stockbridge Down, probably the easiest to find as it is completely encircled by a wooden fence on its own in the middle of the open downland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 509m E 79° Stockbridge Down field boundary* Misc. Earthwork (SU382348)
 720m NE 34° Woolbury* Hillfort (SU381353)
 5.4km NE 49° Middlebarn Farm Long Barrow Long Barrow (SU4177438299)
 5.9km SSE 163° Withering Corner Barrow Cemetery (SU395291)
 6.1km WNW 300° Danebury Ring* Hillfort (SU32353769)
 6.3km SSE 156° Farley Mount* Round Barrow(s) (SU403290)
 6.3km NNE 14° St Peter and Holy Cross (Wherwell) Ancient Cross (SU39154082)
 6.5km SSE 147° Robin Hood's Barrow (Winchester)* Round Barrow(s) (SU41322927)
 6.7km WNW 303° Danebury East Long Barrow (SU320383)
 6.8km WNW 302° Danebury West Long Barrow (SU319383)
 7.1km SE 138° West Wood Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU42522949)
 7.6km S 191° Stubb's Copse Round Barrow(s) (SU36362722)
 8.6km ESE 109° Flowerdown Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU459320)
 9.2km ENE 61° Sutton Scotney Enclosure* Misc. Earthwork (SU457392)
 9.4km NNW 340° Bury Hill (Hampshire)* Hillfort (SU345435)
 9.4km SSE 153° Merdon Castle* Hillfort (SU421264)
 9.6km E 82° South Wonston* Barrow Cemetery (SU4723736091)
 10.1km NNE 11° Old Pound Camp Misc. Earthwork (SU39634465)
 10.2km W 276° Lopcombe Disc Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU27563561)
 11.0km ESE 118° Oram's Arbour Hillfort (SU475297)
 11.0km SE 135° Texas Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SU4558926993)
 11.1km ENE 61° Kitson's Clump* Round Barrow(s) (SU47454010)
 11.1km N 355° Andover Museum of the Iron Age* Museum (SU36614579)
 11.2km ESE 118° Hampshire Jubilee Sculpture* Modern Stone Circle etc (SU477295)
 11.4km SW 220° Lockerley Camp* Hillfort (SU304259)
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