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Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road

England
List entry 1013877
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013877
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
ST 88014 34556
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Keysley Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, situated approximately 250 metres west of the A350 road between Warminster and Shaftesbury. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, with a rounded dome-like profile typical of the bowl barrow type. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important archaeological resource documenting the prehistoric burial traditions of the Wessex region during the Bronze Age period.

Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013877. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road?

Bowl barrow on Keysley Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, situated approximately 250 metres west of the A350 road between Warminster and Shaftesbury. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013877.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road?

Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road 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 1013877.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow on The Warren (2.3 km), Round barrow NE of Sheephouse Farm (3.3 km), Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (5.7 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Barrow on The Warren
2.3 km
Round barrow NE of Sheephouse Farm
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm
5.7 km
Sedgehill churchyard cross
6.4 km
Moated site at Brick Kiln Copse
7.1 km
Moated site at Mount Pleasant
7.2 km
Wick Farm settlement site
8.5 km
Castle Rings camp
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road

Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~15.7 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~15.9 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16.5 milesBathRoman town · ~20.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.7 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~24.1 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~24.3 miles
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