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Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm

England
List entry 1015704
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015704
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 09721 22487
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, south west of Grims Lodge Farm. The site consists of a simple bowl-shaped mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as burial structures for individuals of the community. The barrow remains a significant archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices across Salisbury Plain and its surrounding landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument, it is subject to statutory protection under English heritage legislation.

Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015704. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm?

Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, south west of Grims Lodge Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015704.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm?

Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm 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 1015704.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Soldier's Ring (5.1 km), Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm (5.1 km), Rockbourne Roman villa (5.9 km).

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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.
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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

Soldier's Ring
5.1 km
Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
5.1 km
Rockbourne Roman villa
5.9 km
Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
6.3 km
Celtic fields on Pentridge Down
7.8 km
Barrow on Pentridge Down
7.9 km
Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge Hill
7.9 km
Fordingbridge Bridge
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm

Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~6.9 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~12.3 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Stratford, Wiltshire →
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