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Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm

England
List entry 1017932
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017932
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SU 16741 52779
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form employed during the Bronze Age for the interment of individuals of social standing. Its survival as an upstanding archaeological feature demonstrates the preservation of Bronze Age funerary practices across the chalk landscape of Wiltshire, an area notable for its concentration of such monuments. The barrow's location within the wider archaeological landscape reflects patterns of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity characteristic of the region.

Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017932. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm?

Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017932.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm?

Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm 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 1017932.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford (9.9 km), Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford (9.9 km), Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn (9.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford
9.9 km
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford
9.9 km
Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn
9.9 km
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford
10 km
Two bowl barrows 800m north east of The Avenue on Countess Farm
10.3 km
Three bowl barrows 350m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
10.4 km
A twin bell barrow and a bell barrow forming the eastern part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
11.1 km
A bowl barrow and three bell barrows forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm

Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~7.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~9.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~10.8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.3 miles
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