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Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow typology, a common form of burial monument constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. Its location within the broader landscape of Wiltshire's downland demonstrates the pattern of funerary monument distribution across this region during prehistory. The site remains of archaeological significance as evidence of early burial practices and settlement patterns in the Wessex chalk uplands.
Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009574. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009574.
Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump 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 1009574.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the Wansdyke (9.3 km), Earthwork NW of New Town Farm (9.4 km), Barrow S of Wansdyke (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump'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 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.