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 mound of the bowl barrow type. The monument forms part of a larger cemetery complex characteristic of the Wessex chalk downlands, dating to the second and early first millennia BCE. Bowl barrows of this form typically comprised a simple earthwork mound of chalk and soil raised over cremated or inhumed burials, often with associated grave goods. This example contributes to the archaeological landscape of Wilsford Down, an area of significant prehistoric occupation and ritual significance within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site landscape.

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 1010872. View the official record →

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