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Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes

England
List entry 1009557
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009557
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SU 19839 56891
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped mound, a characteristic funerary structure type common across southern England during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE. Its location on the chalklands of Wiltshire places it within a landscape densely populated with prehistoric burial monuments, many of which were constructed during the second millennium BCE. Though now reduced from its original dimensions through centuries of cultivation and erosion, the barrow remains visible as an earthwork monument and represents an important element of the Bronze Age ceremonial landscape in this region.

Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009557. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes?

Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009557.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes?

Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes 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 1009557.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down. (9.6 km), Bowl barrow: one of four round barrows on Hare Warren (9.9 km), Two of four round barrows on Hare Warren (9.9 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down.
9.6 km
Bowl barrow: one of four round barrows on Hare Warren
9.9 km
Two of four round barrows on Hare Warren
9.9 km
Four of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill
9.9 km
Bowl barrow: one of four round barrows on Hare Warren
9.9 km
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill
9.9 km
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill
10 km
Bell barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes

Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes

MildenhallRoman town · ~7.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~8.7 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.4 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~10.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.6 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~16.8 miles
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