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Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Warminster in Wiltshire. The barrow consists of a circular mound of earth and stone, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in southern England, and would have originally contained an inhumation or cremation burial, possibly accompanied by grave goods. Such monuments are significant archaeological features of the second millennium BCE, representing an important phase of prehistoric ritual and social practice. The barrow survives as an earthwork and contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary traditions in the Wiltshire landscape.
Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019973. View the official record →
Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Warminster in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019973.
Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House 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 1019973.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm (9.2 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (9.8 km), Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (9.9 km).
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