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Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm

England
List entry 1010401
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010401
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
ST 83010 37577
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a bowl-shaped profile, a characteristic monument type of the Bronze Age period when such burial structures were commonly constructed across southern England. The site is situated in the landscape in proximity to Dairy Farm, and its preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the region. Bowl barrows of this type typically date from approximately 2000 to 1000 BC and represent an important category of archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age communities and their burial customs.

Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010401. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm?

Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010401.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm?

Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm 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 1010401.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval field system (4.3 km), Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (5 km), Barrow 1/4 mile (400m) NW of Willoughby Hedge (5.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval field system
4.3 km
Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm
5 km
Barrow 1/4 mile (400m) NW of Willoughby Hedge
5.3 km
Mere Castle
5.4 km
Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle
5.5 km
Barrow on The Warren
6 km
Bristol High Cross
6.5 km
Orchard Castle
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm

Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~14.6 milesBathRoman town · ~17.6 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~18.3 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~19.2 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.5 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.2 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~21.4 miles
Domesday entry for Deverill, Wiltshire →
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