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Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound of characteristic bowl-shaped form, a burial type prevalent across southern England during the late third and second millennia BC. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and practices of the communities that constructed them. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Wiltshire landscape.
Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015942. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015942.
Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down 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 1015942.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa on Little Barton Hill (8.9 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (9.2 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down'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 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.