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Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and listed entry on the National Heritage List for England. The barrow dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of several burial mounds that comprise a cemetery complex within the wider Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape of the Overton Hill area. As a bowl barrow, the monument consists of a circular earthwork mound with a relatively simple hemispherical form, characteristic of funerary monuments constructed during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The site forms part of the significant archaeological terrain around West Kennett, which contains evidence of sustained ritual and mortuary practice across multiple prehistoric periods.
Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008100. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and listed entry on the National Heritage List for England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008100.
Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill 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 1008100.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (5 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (5 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (5.1 km).
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