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Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, forming part of a wider barrow cemetery in the landscape east of the East Kennett long barrow. The structure comprises a circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form in southern Britain during the Bronze Age and occasionally in the later Neolithic period. Its position within a barrow cemetery indicates the ritual significance of the locality and the clustering of burial monuments typical of prehistoric funerary practice in this region. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and is protected under the scheduling system as a nationally important archaeological site.
Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014036. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, forming part of a wider barrow cemetery in the landscape east of the East Kennett long barrow. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014036.
Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery 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 1014036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.2 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.2 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (3.2 km).
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Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.