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Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The barrow is a simple hemispherical mound typical of the Early Bronze Age period, constructed as a funerary structure during the second millennium BC. It forms part of a larger necropolis of round barrows on Allington Down, a cemetery arrangement characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice on the Wiltshire chalk. The site represents an important archaeological landscape for understanding Bronze Age funerary customs and settlement patterns in southern England.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012985. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012985.
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington 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 1012985.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (2.4 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.1 km), Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill (3.3 km).
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