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Bowl barrow is an isolated round barrow situated on Milston Down in Wiltshire, England, representing a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The barrow takes its name from its distinctive bowl-shaped mound profile, a common morphological type among round barrows of this region and era. As a scheduled monument with the National Heritage List for England reference 1009478, it forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of downland burial sites in Wiltshire, reflecting patterns of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice on the chalk uplands.
Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009478. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is an isolated round barrow situated on Milston Down in Wiltshire, England, representing a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009478.
Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston 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 1009478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down (9.1 km), Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 450m ENE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.