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Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn

England
List entry 1017705
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017705
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SU 10345 28118
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a circular earthwork mound of characteristic bowl barrow form, a funerary structure type prevalent across southern England during the Bronze Age. The site is located within a landscape rich in prehistoric funerary monuments, reflecting the ritual and burial practices of early Bronze Age communities in the region. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork, though like many such monuments its precise original dimensions and any internal structures have been subject to the effects of ploughing and weathering over millennia.

Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017705. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn?

Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017705.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn?

Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn 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 1017705.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll (9.6 km), Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts) (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common (10.4 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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll
9.6 km
Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts)
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
10.4 km
Two bowl barrows 200m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
10.5 km
Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down
10.6 km
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
10.6 km
Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
10.6 km
Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn

Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~3.6 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~8.8 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~23.4 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~24.3 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Coombe, Wiltshire →
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