Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down

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History & significance

Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow is of bowl form, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, and forms part of a larger cemetery group characteristic of organised burial practices in this region during the second millennium BC. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork within the landscape of Wilsford Down, an area rich in prehistoric ritual and funerary archaeology. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument, reflecting its significance to understanding Bronze Age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in Wessex.

Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010871. View the official record →

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