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Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages

England
List entry 1012794
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012794
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 18372 64588
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as a circular earthen mound, a characteristic form of burial constructed during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were commonly raised over inhumed or cremated remains. Bowl barrows of this type represent a significant category of prehistoric burial architecture across southern England and the Wessex region, reflecting the social and ritual practices of Bronze Age communities. The monument is designated as a nationally important archaeological site, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial custom and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire landscape.

Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012794. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages?

Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012794.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages?

Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages 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 1012794.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm (8 km), Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow (8 km), Everleigh Barrows (8.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
8 km
Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow
8 km
Everleigh Barrows
8.6 km
Defended settlement on Aughton Down, 450m north of Croft Barn
8.8 km
Bohune Down round barrow
9.2 km
Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse
9.4 km
Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
9.6 km
Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages

Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages

MildenhallRoman town · ~3.6 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~5.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~5.7 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.6 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~16.8 miles
Domesday entry for Wootton, Wiltshire →
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