Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Porton Down in Wiltshire. It forms part of a significant concentration of round barrows on the Down, which represent burial practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period. The barrow is a simple bowl-shaped mound of earth and chalk, characteristic of the most common form of round barrow construction in southern England. As one of several barrows within this landscape group, it contributes to the archaeological evidence for ritual and burial activity on Porton Down during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era.

Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014094. View the official record →

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