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Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm

England
List entry 1013327
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013327
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 15810 74283
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow is a simple hemispherical mound characteristic of early Bronze Age burial practices, typically dating to the period between approximately 2200 and 1500 BCE. As an individual burial mound situated in the downland landscape near Barbury Castle, it represents the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the Wiltshire chalklands. The monument survives as an earthwork and forms part of the broader archaeological heritage of the region, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns across the Marlborough Downs.

Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013327. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm?

Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013327.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm?

Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle 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 1013327.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow in Barrow Copse (8.7 km), Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages (10 km).

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Battlefields
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Long barrow in Barrow Copse
8.7 km
Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
10 km
Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
10.5 km
Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
10.6 km
Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
10.8 km
Section of the Wansdyke
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm

Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm

AveburyArchaeological site · ~4.4 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~4.7 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~5.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~5.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.7 miles
Domesday entry for Rockley, Wiltshire →
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