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Bowl barrow is an isolated round barrow situated on Milston Down in Wiltshire, England. The monument belongs to the Bronze Age period, when such burial mounds were constructed across the chalk downlands of southern Britain as funerary monuments for members of the contemporary elite. The barrow exhibits the characteristic earthwork form of a bowl-shaped mound, the defining feature of this barrow type, and represents one of many examples dotting the Salisbury Plain landscape. As a Bronze Age funerary monument and scheduled ancient monument, it retains archaeological significance for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Wiltshire.
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. 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).
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