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Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight is a scheduled monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The barrow occupies a prominent position on the South Downs, with the underlying bedrock formed from the White Chalk Subgroup, a dense, fine-grained chalk deposited during the Maastrichtian period some 66 million years ago. This chalk geology would have been exposed across the surrounding landscape in the Bronze Age, when the barrow was constructed, shaping both the monument's construction and its visual prominence within the rolling downland terrain.
The bowl barrow represents a characteristic burial monument of the Bronze Age, comprising a circular mound raised over one or more inhumation burials. The simple bowl form—a rounded mound without ditches or banks—is typical of earlier Bronze Age funerary practice, though such monuments continued to be built throughout the Bronze Age and occasionally into later periods. The monument occupies a scheduled area of 0.03 hectares, protecting it from disturbance or damage.
The barrow is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England under reference 1009896. This recognition reflects its significance as an archaeological resource and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns on the Wiltshire chalk downlands. The monument remains visible as an earthwork on the modern landscape, preserving evidence of ritual and commemoration from over three thousand years ago.
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 scheduled monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.