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Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap

England
List entry 1019384
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019384
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
ST 87981 45584
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork with a distinctive bowl-shaped form, characteristic of barrow types common to the prehistoric period in southern England. Its elevated position on Cop Heap suggests strategic or ceremonial importance within the Bronze Age landscape. The barrow remains a significant archaeological record of funerary practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric Wiltshire.

Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019384. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap?

Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap 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 1019384.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap?

Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap 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 1019384.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 670m SSE of Kingston Dairy (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 735m SSE of Kingston Dairy (10 km), Field system on the north west facing slope of Dane's Bottom, 400m north of Dee Barn (10.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 670m SSE of Kingston Dairy
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 735m SSE of Kingston Dairy
10 km
Field system on the north west facing slope of Dane's Bottom, 400m north of Dee Barn
10.2 km
Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork
10.5 km
Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond
10.5 km
Regular aggregate field system and double lynchet trackway 640m south east and 460m east of Dee Barn
10.5 km
Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning
10.6 km
Disc barrow 350m west of Dee Barn
10.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap

Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap

BathRoman town · ~14.4 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~15.2 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~17.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~19.3 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.7 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~18 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~18.2 miles
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