Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down

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History & significance

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 →

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