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Bowl barrow 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the second and third millennia before the common era. Located within the Bishopstone Downs landscape, which contains numerous prehistoric burial monuments, this barrow represents evidence of early ritual practices and settlement patterns in the chalk country of southern England. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England and remains an important element of the archaeological record of Wiltshire's prehistoric past.
Bowl barrow 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009460. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009460.
Bowl barrow 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs 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 1009460.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation (4.5 km), Two bowl barrows 400m south of Whitecomb Plantation (4.8 km), Village cross (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs'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 350m south-west of Harley Bushes, Bishopstone Downs stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.