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A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site consists of two round barrows of the bowl type, which represent a characteristic burial form of prehistoric Britain. Bowl barrows are among the simplest and most common varieties of ancient barrow, comprising earthen mounds raised over inhumed or cremated remains. This monument exemplifies the widespread practice of ritual burial and territorial marking that characterised Neolithic and Bronze Age communities across southern England.
A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019740. View the official record →
A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019740.
A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019740.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-Celtic temple 300m south west of Keysley Farm (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 200m south-west of Keysley Farm (9.5 km), Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (9.5 km).
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A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.