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Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of Bronze Age round barrow found across the English landscape. Such barrows typically date to the second millennium BCE and served as burial monuments for individuals of social status within prehistoric communities. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1005683, reflecting its recognised archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire downlands.
Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005683. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005683.
Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down 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 1005683.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (5.3 km), Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn (5.4 km), Long barrow on Keysley Down, 1020m NNE of Chapel Field Barn (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.