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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 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 →
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. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010872.
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 1010872.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (5.2 km), Group of barrows on North Hill Down (7.1 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (7.5 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.