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Bowl barrow north of Splinterproof Shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. The monument is a typical example of a bowl barrow, a form of round burial mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period in southern England. It sits within the densely barrow-scattered landscape of the Larkhill Artillery Range, an area of significant archaeological importance containing numerous prehistoric monuments. The barrow's survival within the range reflects the particular archaeological character of Salisbury Plain, where Bronze Age funerary monuments remain concentrated across the downland.
Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009876. View the official record →
Bowl barrow north of Splinterproof Shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009876.
Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range 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 1009876.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow south of Normanton Gorse on the southern edge of Normanton Down (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 400m south east of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360 (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 400m south of Normanton Gorse (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range'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 north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.