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Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods that reflect the status and beliefs of their period. The site contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010398. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010398.
Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore 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 1010398.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1110m south east of St Michael's Church (9.2 km), Bowl barrow on Cold Kitchen Hill, 740m north east of Seagram's Barn (9.3 km), Saucer barrow above Boar's Bottom (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore'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 south of Upton Scudamore stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.