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Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road is a pair of Bronze Age burial monuments situated on the open downland of Marlborough Common in Wiltshire. The bell barrow, distinguished by its characteristic bell-shaped mound with a surrounding ditch and external bank, represents a more elaborate form of barrow construction typical of the Early Bronze Age, whilst the adjacent bowl barrow demonstrates the simpler mound-and-ditch form common to the period. Both monuments survive as earthworks and form part of the extensive Bronze Age barrow cemetery that characterises this landscape, reflecting the ceremonial and burial practices of communities inhabiting the Marlborough Downs during the second millennium before the present era. The monuments are protected as designated heritage assets, preserving important archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and funerary customs in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012426. View the official record →
Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road is a pair of Bronze Age burial monuments situated on the open downland of Marlborough Common in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012426.
Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road 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 1012426.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow in Barrow Copse (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages (5.6 km), Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.