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Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery

England

List entry 1009619

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1009619

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.19 hectares

Grid reference

SU 11782 41086

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow forms part of the extensive funerary landscape surrounding Normanton Down, one of the most significant concentrations of round barrows in the region. As a bowl barrow, it represents the characteristic mound form of Bronze Age burial practice, comprising an earth and chalk mound raised over one or more inhumations. The monument contributes to the archaeological importance of the Normanton Down group, which demonstrates the complex patterns of mortuary activity and social organisation during the Bronze Age.

Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009619. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009619.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery 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 1009619.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (5.4 km), Newton Barrow (5.7 km), Group of barrows on North Hill Down (7.7 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthwork W of Woodford Clump

5.4 km

Newton Barrow

5.7 km

Group of barrows on North Hill Down

7.7 km

'Ende Burgh' long barrow

Barford Down milestone

9.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery

Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~0.7 miles Old SarumArchaeological site · ~5.2 miles West Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~16.3 miles Silbury HillArchaeological site · ~17.1 miles Battle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.3 miles

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