Bowl barrow on the Amesbury/Bulford Boundary north of the A303

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History & significance

Bowl barrow on the Amesbury/Bulford Boundary north of the A303 is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Wiltshire on the chalk downland landscape characteristic of the Salisbury Plain region. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a bowl-shaped profile, a common burial form dating to the Bronze Age period, approximately 2200 to 700 BCE. Such monuments typically contained inhumations or cremations deposited in grave pits or cists beneath the mound. The site lies within an area of high archaeological significance, forming part of the dense concentration of prehistoric burial monuments that surround Stonehenge and define the ritual and ceremonial importance of Salisbury Plain during the Bronze Age.

Bowl barrow on the Amesbury/Bulford Boundary north of the A303 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009568. View the official record →

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