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Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings is a Bronze Age burial monument located on North Down in Wiltshire, forming part of an extensive barrow cemetery in this archaeologically significant landscape. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age. It is situated within a linear arrangement of similar burial mounds that collectively represent the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the Wessex region. The barrow is a scheduled monument, reflecting its importance to the archaeological and historical understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial traditions in Wiltshire.
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 Bronze Age burial monument located on North Down in Wiltshire, forming part of an extensive barrow cemetery in this archaeologically significant landscape. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.