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Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located south of Hampshire Gap in Wiltshire, England. It forms part of a group of round barrows characteristic of the funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age, when such earthworks served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of probable social significance. The barrow exhibits the typical morphology of its class, comprising a raised circular mound of earth and stone. Such monuments are archaeologically significant as indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices across the Wiltshire downlands.
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013988. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located south of Hampshire Gap in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013988.
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap 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 1013988.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912 (4.9 km), Iron Age fort in Ashley's Copse See also HAMPSHIRE 540 (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (5.8 km).
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Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.