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Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site consists of a circular burial mound characteristic of bowl barrow type earthworks, which were constructed during the Bronze Age as elite burial monuments. Bowl barrows of this period typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods such as pottery and metalwork, reflecting the status of the deceased. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the region.
Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015025. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015025.
Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning 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 1015025.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barford Down milestone (6.2 km), Village cross (7 km), Wick Ball camp, the Common (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.