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Bowl barrow 420m north of Down Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial type across southern England during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of probable status within their communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape that characterises much of Wiltshire's archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow 420m north of Down Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018390. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 420m north of Down Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018390.
Bowl barrow 420m north of Down 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 1018390.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British temple, Iron Age ditches, earthwork enclosure and associated buildings 240m and 370m north of Fosse Barn (3.7 km), Slight univallate hillfort 985m north east of Talbot Farm (4.6 km), Bury Wood Camp hillfort and earthwork enclosure 750m north of Raffinwood House (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 420m north of Down Farm'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 420m north of Down Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.