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Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm

England
List entry 1009138
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009138
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SU 14851 42504
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows that were constructed as communal or individual burial places during the prehistoric period. Its location on the chalk downs near the A303 places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric funerary monuments. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important example of Wiltshire's extensive barrow cemetery landscape.

Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009138. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm?

Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009138.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm?

Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm 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 1009138.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gomeldon deserted village (7.6 km), Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (7.9 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Gomeldon deserted village
7.6 km
Earthwork W of Woodford Clump
7.9 km
A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner
8 km
Horse Barrow
8.1 km
Newton Barrow
8.3 km
'Ende Burgh' long barrow
8.5 km
Group of barrows on North Hill Down
9.3 km
Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm

Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess Farm

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~1.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~6 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~15.6 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~16.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.4 miles
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