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Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill

England
List entry 1013985
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013985
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SU 23618 38271
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile, a characteristic feature of Bronze Age funerary monuments in southern England dating to approximately 2000–1000 BCE. Such monuments typically contained inhumations or cremations within central grave pits or cists, serving as focal points for ceremonial activity and territorial markers within the prehistoric landscape. The site's survival and scheduling as a heritage asset reflect its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Wiltshire region.

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013985. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill?

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013985.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill?

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill 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 1013985.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912 (4.1 km), Iron Age fort in Ashley's Copse See also HAMPSHIRE 540 (4.1 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (4.7 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912
4.1 km
Iron Age fort in Ashley's Copse See also HAMPSHIRE 540
4.1 km
Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
4.7 km
Roman earthwork
5.5 km
Long barrow, Winterbourne
5.7 km
Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse
6.3 km
Figsbury Ring
6.5 km
Roman road between A30 main road and Winterslow Corner
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~7.1 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~7.5 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~16.2 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~19.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~21.7 miles
Domesday entry for Newton, Wiltshire →
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