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Bowl barrow forming part of the New King Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow cemetery itself represents an important concentration of burial mounds dating to the second millennium BC, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The individual bowl barrow, characterized by its simple hemispherical mound form, is typical of the most common type of round barrow found across prehistoric Britain. Its designation as part of the New King Barrows cemetery underscores the archaeological significance of this landscape as a locus of sustained ceremonial activity and elite burial practice during the Bronze Age period.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012420. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of the New King Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012420.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows 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 1012420.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (7.2 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.3 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.3 km).
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Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.