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Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation

England
List entry 1013072
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013072
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 13081 75378
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument takes the characteristic form of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their interred occupants. This example forms part of the significant Bronze Age barrow landscape that survives across Wiltshire, an area of particular archaeological importance for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in southern England.

Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013072. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation?

Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013072.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation?

Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation 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 1013072.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langdean stone circle (9.7 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down (9.9 km), Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road (10 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Langdean stone circle
9.7 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
9.9 km
Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
10 km
Long barrow in Barrow Copse
10.1 km
Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
10.3 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
10.3 km
Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
10.4 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation

Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation

AveburyArchaeological site · ~3.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~4.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~5.3 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~6.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.7 miles
Domesday entry for Uffcott, Wiltshire →
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