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Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy

England
List entry 1012439
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012439
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 17482 76348
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as a mounded earthwork of characteristic bowl form, comprising a circular raised mound created over one or more inhumed burials. Such monuments are typical of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, roughly 2000 to 1500 BCE, and represent a widespread funerary practice across southern England during this era. The site's survival as an upstanding archaeological feature contributes to the understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Wiltshire landscape.

Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012439. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy?

Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012439.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy?

Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy 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 1012439.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (9.5 km), Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom (9.9 km), Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings (10 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
9.5 km
Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom
9.9 km
Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings
10 km
Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
10.1 km
Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
10.1 km
Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
11 km
Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
11 km
Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy

Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy

MildenhallRoman town · ~5 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~6 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~6.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~7.2 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.2 miles
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