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Bowl barrow 280m north of Downs Barn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial monuments for the prehistoric communities of southern England and often contained interred human remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape in the Wiltshire region.
Bowl barrow 280m north of Downs Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010419. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 280m north of Downs Barn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010419.
Bowl barrow 280m north of Downs Barn 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 1010419.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village cross (5.6 km), Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Dudmore Lodge (6 km), Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 280m north of Downs Barn'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 280m north of Downs Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.