A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner

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A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner is a Bronze Age funerary monument in Wiltshire. The two barrows represent distinct burial mound types from the Bronze Age period, with the pond barrow and bowl barrow situated as outlying monuments to the larger round barrow cemetery that extends northward toward the church. The pond barrow, identifiable by its characteristic shallow, water-filled depression, and the bowl barrow, with its simple hemispherical mound form, exemplify the diversity of burial practices and monument morphology within Bronze Age ceremonial landscapes. These outlying barrows contribute to the archaeological understanding of settlement patterns and funerary traditions in the Winterbourne valley during the Bronze Age, forming part of the wider barrow group that demonstrates the ritual and territorial significance of the location.

A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010293. View the official record →

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