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Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The site comprises a bell barrow, a distinctive form of round barrow characterised by a raised central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, together with three associated bowl barrows of simpler construction. These monuments date to the Bronze Age period and represent the burial practices and ritual landscape of prehistoric communities in the Salisbury Plain region. The site also contains later gas testing trenches, evidence of twentieth-century industrial activity, which are now recorded as part of the monument's archaeological record.
Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014818. View the official record →
Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014818.
Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down 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 1014818.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow, Winterbourne (3.8 km), Roman earthwork (3.8 km), Fussell's long barrow (5.2 km).
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