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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 round burial mound of Bronze Age date situated within the complex of barrows that characterises this landscape of Wiltshire. The monument consists of a simple earthwork of circular plan with a central mound, typical of the bowl barrow form widespread across southern England during the Bronze Age, a period spanning roughly 2200 to 800 BC. As part of the cemetery group on Overton Hill, this barrow contributes to the archaeological evidence for sustained ritual and funerary activity in this important ceremonial landscape, which also includes the nearby Neolithic monument of West Kennett Long Barrow. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a designated heritage asset on the National Heritage List for England.
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 round burial mound of Bronze Age date situated within the complex of barrows that characterises this landscape of Wiltshire. 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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Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.