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Barrow Clump is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated east of Ablington in Wiltshire, England. This burial mound represents a funerary monument typical of the early Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as repositories for elite or high-status individuals. The barrow survives as a distinctive earthwork feature within the landscape, maintaining the characteristic rounded mound form that gives the bowl barrow type its name. The site forms part of the broader archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in Wiltshire, a county particularly rich in prehistoric ceremonial and funerary monuments.
Barrow Clump, bowl barrow, east of Ablington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009697. View the official record →
Barrow Clump is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated east of Ablington in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009697.
Barrow Clump, bowl barrow, east of Ablington 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 1009697.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House (8.5 km), Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow Clump, bowl barrow, east of Ablington's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Barrow Clump, bowl barrow, east of Ablington stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.