Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery on the Wiltshire chalk downlands. The barrow exhibits the characteristic hemispherical mound form typical of bowl barrows, the most common type of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age. As part of a grouped cemetery arrangement, it reflects prehistoric settlement and burial practices concentrated in this locality, indicating a focus of sustained ritual and funerary activity across the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as an earthwork and remains a scheduled ancient monument of national importance, preserving evidence of Bronze Age mortuary traditions in the Wiltshire landscape.

Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008945. View the official record →

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