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Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a bell barrow accompanied by three smaller bowl barrows. The bell barrow, the principal earthwork, is distinguished by its characteristic bell-shaped mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a form typical of high-status burials from the Bronze Age. The three bowl barrows represent simpler mound forms without the elaborate surrounding features of the bell barrow, indicating a hierarchy of burial practice across the site. The gas testing trenches, later intrusions cut into the site, provide archaeological evidence of twentieth-century investigations and land use, though they are secondary to the primary Bronze Age significance of the monument.
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 burial monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a bell barrow accompanied by three smaller bowl barrows. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down'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, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.