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Bowl Barrow north of Springbottom Farm is a scheduled monument located in Wiltshire, situated on chalk bedrock of the White Chalk Subgroup. The barrow stands approximately 450 metres north of Springbottom Farm and occupies a scheduled area of 0.02 hectares, protected by Historic England under reference 1010885.
The monument represents a typical Bronze Age burial mound, constructed in the form of a simple earthen dome raised over a central grave or cremation pit. Bowl barrows of this type were among the most common funerary monuments across southern England during the second millennium BC. The chalk geology underlying the site would have provided suitable material for the construction of the mound and for digging the central burial chamber.
The barrow remains substantially intact as an archaeological feature, though its precise original dimensions and contents can only be determined through archaeological investigation. Its survival on the chalk uplands of Wiltshire reflects the preservation conditions typical of this region, where such monuments have often escaped the levelling effects of intensive ploughing. The scheduled monument status ensures protection for any subsurface archaeological evidence that may remain within the mound.
Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010885. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow north of Springbottom Farm is a scheduled monument located in Wiltshire, situated on chalk bedrock of the White Chalk Subgroup. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010885.
Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom 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 1010885.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (5.4 km), Group of barrows on North Hill Down (7.2 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom 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 450m north of Springbottom Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.