Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down

Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down

England
List entry 1009478
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009478
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 20072 45627
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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What is Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down?

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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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: an isolated round barrow on Milston Down

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.