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Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the later Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across southern England. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ancestral commemoration within prehistoric communities. The site is recorded within the National Heritage List for England and contributes to the archaeological landscape of the South Downs region, an area particularly rich in prehistoric burial monuments.
Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009896. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009896.
Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight 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 1009896.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British village on Tytherington Hill (9.3 km), Sherrington Castle mound: motte castle east of Sherrington Manor (9.4 km), Bowl barrow to the north of Long Bottom, 1.6km north east of Hammersmith (9.7 km).
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