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Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 940 metres north-east of Ashcombe Farm in Wiltshire. The monument takes the form of a simple rounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type erected during the Bronze Age across southern England. Like other barrows of this period, it would originally have contained an inhumed or cremated burial, though the specific contents and any surviving archaeological evidence have not been detailed in the available scholarly record. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its importance as a surviving example of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Wiltshire landscape.
Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020462. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 940 metres north-east of Ashcombe Farm in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020462.
Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm 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 1020462.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 600m south of Plantation Farm (8.9 km), Roman villa on Little Barton Hill (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.