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Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm

England
List entry 1016326
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016326
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SU 13637 83723
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, a common form of burial structure erected during the Bronze Age across southern England. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important element of the prehistoric landscape and contributes to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region. The monument's survival and protection reflects its archaeological significance as a record of early metalworking period communities in Wiltshire.

Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016326. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm?

Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016326.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm?

Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm 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 1016326.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sharpridge field system (8.9 km), Preshute Down field system (9 km), Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn (9 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sharpridge field system
8.9 km
Preshute Down field system
9 km
Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
9 km
Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
9.7 km
Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
10 km
Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm

Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm

AveburyArchaeological site · ~8.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.7 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~10.2 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~10.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.8 miles
Domesday entry for Westlecott, Wiltshire →
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