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Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow is one of several burial mounds that comprise the Old King Barrows linear cemetery, a significant grouping of round barrows that reflects the burial practices and settlement patterns of the Bronze Age in the Wessex region. As a bowl barrow, it represents the simpler form of round barrow construction, consisting of an earthen mound raised over an inhumed burial, characteristic of Early Bronze Age funerary architecture. The site's position within this documented barrow cemetery underscores the ritual and territorial importance of the locality during the Bronze Age period.
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 →
Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012380.
Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows 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 1012380.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient cultivation terraces (7 km), Round barrow E of Downbarn West (7.6 km), Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (7.8 km).
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Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.