Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a Bronze Age monument situated within the rich archaeological landscape of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. The site comprises a circular burial mound of typical bowl barrow form, characteristic of funerary practice during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era, alongside an associated linear earthwork that may represent a territorial or land division boundary of the same period or later date. The monument lies in an area of exceptional archaeological importance, where multiple prehistoric barrows and ceremonial monuments cluster, reflecting sustained use of the landscape over successive prehistoric periods. The earthwork demonstrates the complex pattern of land organisation and burial practice that characterised Bronze Age communities in this region.

Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015023. View the official record →

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