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Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery located on North Down, Wiltshire, approximately 120 metres north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of barrow construction during the third and second millennia before the present era. As part of a larger cemetery grouping, it represents evidence of sustained use of this chalk downland location for burial practice across successive generations. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument and remains visible as an upstanding earthwork feature within the Wiltshire chalk landscape.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012898. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery located on North Down, Wiltshire, approximately 120 metres north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012898.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North 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 1012898.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.7 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (5.7 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (6.1 km).
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