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Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located near the village of East Kennett in Wiltshire. The barrow forms part of a cemetery of burial mounds associated with the nearby East Kennett long barrow, a significant Neolithic monument, suggesting sustained use of this landscape for ritual and burial purposes across generations. As a bowl barrow, it comprises a rounded earthen mound raised over a burial or burials, representing a common form of individual or family tomb during the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an upstanding archaeological feature and is a scheduled ancient monument, indicating its recognised importance to understanding prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Wessex region.
Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014037. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located near the village of East Kennett in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014037.
Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery 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 1014037.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.2 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (3.2 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery'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 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.