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Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument situated within a barrow cemetery on North Down near Beckhampton in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a simple earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, which represent one of the most common types of prehistoric burial structures in southern England. Bowl barrows of this period typically cover inhumation burials beneath a roughly circular mound of earth and stone, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the community that constructed them. The barrow forms part of a significant archaeological landscape on North Down that preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013754. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument situated within a barrow cemetery on North Down near Beckhampton in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013754.
Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North 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 1013754.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.5 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (5.3 km).
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