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Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common

England
List entry 1011002
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011002
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 06018 18434
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type prevalent during the Bronze Age period. It forms part of the broader ceremonial and burial landscape of the Wiltshire downlands, an area rich in prehistoric funerary monuments. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry 1011002.

Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011002. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common?

Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011002.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common?

Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common 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 1011002.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm (8.7 km), Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle (8.9 km), Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton (9.1 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm
8.7 km
Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle
8.9 km
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
9.1 km
Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
9.2 km
Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm
9.3 km
Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow
9.5 km
Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles
9.6 km
Two bowl barrows in Plumley Wood, 800m and 850m south of decoy pond, on Cranborne Common
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common

Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~10.1 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~15.3 miles
Domesday entry for Pentridge, Dorset →
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