Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Old King Barrows linear cemetery near Stonehenge in Wiltshire. The barrow is a simple bowl-shaped mound constructed during the second millennium BC, typical of burial practice in the Early to Middle Bronze Age. As part of a distinctive linear arrangement of round barrows, it represents evidence of sustained use of the Stonehenge landscape for elite or prestigious burial purposes over several centuries. The monument survives as an earthwork and contributes to the archaeological record of Neolithic and Bronze Age monumental activity in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012380. View the official record →

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