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Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery in Wiltshire. The barrow is a simple bowl-shaped mound, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age, although some elements of the cemetery may date to the Neolithic period. The monument lies within a significant archaeological landscape that includes The Sanctuary itself, a related ceremonial site, and represents part of a linear arrangement of burial mounds characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in Wessex. The barrow is protected as a scheduled monument under national heritage legislation.
Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007489. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007489.
Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery 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 1007489.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (4.2 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (4.2 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery'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 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.