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Bowl barrow 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The barrow comprises a circular mound of earth and flint, typical of bowl barrow construction, and forms part of the extensive prehistoric burial landscape of Salisbury Plain. Such monuments were constructed during the Bronze Age, approximately two thousand years before the present era, and served as burial places for individuals of likely social significance within contemporary communities. The barrow's survival and official designation reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in southern England.
Bowl barrow 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013329. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013329.
Bowl barrow 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down 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 1013329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman buildings on Lambourne's Hill (7.9 km), Section of boundary earthwork east of Sidbury Hill (9 km), Sidbury Hill and associated monuments (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down'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 950m north-west of Hill Copse, Wexcombe Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.