What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down is a Neolithic burial monument, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. Its significance lies in representing an early form of ceremonial and funerary architecture associated with the spread of farming communities in southern Britain.
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