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Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, consisting of two distinct barrow forms on a single site. The bell barrow, characterised by its distinctive bell-shaped mound with a surrounding ditch and outer bank, and the bowl barrow, a simpler hemispherical mound form, represent typical burial practices of the Bronze Age period. These monuments would originally have functioned as burial monuments for individuals of status within their communities, though their precise chronological positioning within the Bronze Age and details of their original contents remain subject to archaeological interpretation. The site's survival demonstrates the broader pattern of barrow construction across the Wiltshire landscape, a county particularly rich in such prehistoric funerary monuments.
Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013984. View the official record →
Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, consisting of two distinct barrow forms on a single site. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013984.
Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard 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 1013984.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman earthwork (2.4 km), Long barrow, Winterbourne (2.7 km), Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse (4.3 km).
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