Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Seven Barrow Cottages forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as Old King Barrows

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Seven Barrow Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Old King Barrows cemetery near Wantage in Wiltshire. The barrow is a bowl-shaped mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices, constructed to mark the interment of elite individuals or community members of significance. As one of several barrows within the Old King Barrows cemetery complex, it represents the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the chalk downlands of central southern England. The monument remains a scheduled ancient monument, preserving evidence of prehistoric funerary tradition and social organisation.

Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Seven Barrow Cottages forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as Old King Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009149. View the official record →

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