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Bowl barrow on Rivar Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Wiltshire. The site comprises a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which represents a significant form of elite burial practice during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods that reflected the social status of the deceased. The barrow's presence on Rivar Down contributes to the wider landscape of Bronze Age burial activity across Wiltshire, a region particularly rich in prehistoric funerary monuments.
Bowl barrow on Rivar Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012514. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Rivar Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012514.
Bowl barrow on Rivar 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 1012514.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ditch between Rag Copse and Scotspoor Plantation (5.1 km), Scotspoor barrow (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 610m north-west of Heath Copse (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Rivar Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow on Rivar Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.