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Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of early Bronze Age funerary practice, when such mounds commonly enclosed inhumation burials with associated grave goods. As a member of a larger barrow cemetery, it represents a significant concentration of prehistoric burial activity and territorial organization in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1013364.
Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013364. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013364.
Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery 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 1013364.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Defended settlement on Aughton Down, 450m north of Croft Barn (7.3 km), Everleigh Barrows (8.3 km), Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery'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 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.