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Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump

England
List entry 1010421
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010421
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
ST 82558 39114
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, situated approximately 100 metres south of Duke's Clump. The barrow survives as a rounded earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across Wessex during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed human remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site forms part of the wider barrow landscape of the Wiltshire downs, contributing to the archaeological record of prehistoric ritual and burial practices in the region.

Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010421. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump?

Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, situated approximately 100 metres south of Duke's Clump. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010421.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump?

Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump 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 1010421.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cross dykes 580m and 610m north east of Wood Farm (5.4 km), Medieval field system (5.8 km), Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (6.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two cross dykes 580m and 610m north east of Wood Farm
5.4 km
Medieval field system
5.8 km
Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm
6.5 km
Barrow 1/4 mile (400m) NW of Willoughby Hedge
6.7 km
Mere Castle
6.7 km
Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle
6.8 km
Bristol High Cross
7.2 km
Oval barrow on Keysley Down, 1040m NNE of Chapel Field Barn
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump

Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~14.9 milesBathRoman town · ~16.6 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~18.5 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~19.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.9 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.2 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~20.4 miles
Domesday entry for Baycliff, Wiltshire →
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