Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated within the Avebury landscape in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a simple earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a widespread burial form across southern Britain during the Bronze Age and preceding periods. Its location adjacent to the Avebury henge complex places it within one of England's most significant prehistoric ceremonial landscapes, where numerous funerary monuments cluster around the larger henge structure. The barrow represents the funerary practices and settlement patterns of prehistoric communities who utilised this area intensively over successive periods.

Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008105. View the official record →

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