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Bowl barrow on Calstone Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated approximately five hundred metres south of Witch Plantation in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a low, rounded earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such structures were constructed to mark the graves of individuals or small family groups and represent important evidence of prehistoric burial practices and social organisation in the Wiltshire uplands. The monument survives as an earthwork feature within the archaeological landscape of Calstone Down and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument.
Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007493. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Calstone Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated approximately five hundred metres south of Witch Plantation in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007493.
Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation 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 1007493.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rybury camp (5 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (5.4 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.