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Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. The barrow is part of a significant linear cemetery arrangement, a characteristic funerary landscape feature of the Bronze Age which reflects organised burial practices and land use patterns of the period. As a bowl barrow, it represents the most common form of round barrow, comprising a circular mound of earth and flint with a central burial chamber. The site contributes to the archaeological and historical understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practices in the Wessex region.
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012987. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012987.
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington 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 1012987.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (2.5 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (2.7 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.