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Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Horton Down in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, likely dating to the second millennium BCE. As part of a larger barrow cemetery, it reflects the concentrated use of this location as a burial ground during the Bronze Age period. The site is statutorily protected as a scheduled monument and contributes to the archaeological significance of the Horton Down barrow landscape.
Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012983. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Horton Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012983.
Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton 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 1012983.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (2.9 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton 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 SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.