Best of South East England
The 20 best burial mounds & barrows in South East England
Our curated top 20 burial mounds & barrows in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 90 burial mounds & barrows see the full burial mounds & barrows index for South East England.
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Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey is a country house in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England. There was an abbey of nuns on the site until 1539, and the house is a remodelling and extension of the abbey's cloister co
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Netley Abbey
Hampshire
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order. De
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Waverley Abbey
Surrey
Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester. Located about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Farnham, Surrey, it is situated on a
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Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King
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Robertsbridge Abbey
East Sussex
Robertsbridge Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England. It was founded in 1176 by Alured and Alicia de St Martin. Due to its position, the Abbey lands suffered continually f
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Quarr Abbey
Quarr Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quarr) is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The name is pronounced as "Kwor" (rhyming with
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Titchfield Abbey
Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an au
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Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in England and is the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the educa
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Athelhampton Hall
Details Late C19 formal gardens laid out to a scheme by Francis Inigo Thomas, with early C20 additions laid out with advice from Thomas Mawson. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT The manor of Athelhampton, the name
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Minster Abbey
Kent
Details TR 3064-3164 5/6 MINSTER BEDLAM COURT LANE (West side) Minster Abbey 6.2.58 GV I Monastic grange, now abbey, C11 and C12, altered c.1413. Rubble, flint and dressed stone details. Plain tiled r
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St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton
Kent
Details This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 15 December 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not rev
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Stapehill Abbey
Details HAMPRESTON SU 00 SE STAPEHILL 6/42 Holy Cross Abbey - II Abbey. House of the early C19, monastic buildings of the 1840's, church of 1847-51 by Charles Hansom and later conventual buildings. A
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St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
Hampshire
St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough — abbey in Hampshire, England.
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Bisham Abbey
Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which once stood alongside. This original Bisham Abbey was prev
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Selsey Abbey
West Sussex
Capitular seal with picture of Selsey Cathedral?{{efn|name=seal|The seal (was) used by Chichester cathedral authorities down to Bishop Seffrid II(1180 – 1204). The seal shows the nave, chancel, and ro
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Beaulieu Abbey
Hampshire
Beaulieu Abbey ( BEW-lee) was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John and (uniquely in Britain) populated by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in Franc
