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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 →
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. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010871.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford 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 1010871.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (5.1 km), Group of barrows on North Hill Down (7 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (7.4 km).
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Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.