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Bowl barrow on Oxendean Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument takes the form of a simple circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial places and represent important evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the Wessex region during the second millennium BCE. The barrow's survival on Oxendean Down reflects the archaeological significance of the Wiltshire downlands, which contain numerous Bronze Age monuments.
Bowl barrow on Oxendean Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009802. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Oxendean Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009802.
Bowl barrow on Oxendean 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 1009802.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down (9.2 km), Bell barrow on Parsonage Down, 1.3km south east of Lord's Hill Farm (9.2 km), Pair of bowl barrows 1050m NNW of Pertwood Wood (9.3 km).
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