Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the extensive round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down in Wiltshire. The barrow is a simple bowl-shaped mound typical of Bronze Age burial practice, its form preserved within the wider landscape of ritual and ceremonial monuments associated with the Neolithic henge complex at Avebury. The barrow cemetery on Avebury Down represents the intensive use of the area for elite or communal burial during the Bronze Age, demonstrating the enduring ritual significance of the Avebury landscape beyond the Neolithic period. As a scheduled monument listed under NHLE entry 1008110, it remains an important archaeological witness to prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Avebury region.

Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008110. View the official record →

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