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# Bowl Barrow 850m North West of North Farm
This bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in north-west Wiltshire on chalk downland. The barrow sits on grey chalk of the Cenomanian period, geology that characterises the high ground of the Chalk Downs in this region. The monument's simple bowl form—a low mound covering a burial or burials—is typical of the Early Bronze Age, though similar earthworks were constructed from the Neolithic onwards. The barrow originally would have been more prominent than its current state suggests, its chalk-built mound visible across the surrounding landscape as a prominent focal point for the local community.
The scheduled monument encompasses 0.16 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference 1016381, recognising its archaeological significance and vulnerability to damage from ploughing and development. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork on the open downland near North Farm, its preservation aided by the resistant chalk bedrock beneath it. Like many barrows on the Wiltshire Downs, it represents an important surviving example of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns, offering potential for future archaeological investigation to enhance understanding of Bronze Age society in this part of Wessex.
Bowl barrow 850m north west of North Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016381. View the official record →
# Bowl Barrow 850m North West of North Farm This bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in north-west Wiltshire on chalk downland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016381.
Bowl barrow 850m north west of North 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 1016381.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lewisham Castle (5.5 km), Roman site 450yds (410m) E of Pentico Farm (6.1 km), Membury Camp See also WEST BERKSHIRE 199 (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 850m north west of North Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 850m north west of North Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.