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Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The monument is a round barrow of the bowl type, a common funerary form dating to the Bronze Age period. The barrow survives as an earthen mound in the landscape near Countess Farm, positioned west of the A345 road. Such bowl barrows are characteristic of the wider ceremonial and burial landscape of the Wiltshire chalk downlands, reflecting Bronze Age funerary practices and social organisation.
Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009131. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009131.
Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm 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 1009131.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gomeldon deserted village (7.9 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.4 km), Horse Barrow (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.