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Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downland of north-central Wiltshire, approximately 950 metres north-west of Copehill Plantation. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork, characteristic of the bowl barrow form, which represents one of the most common types of burial monument constructed during the Bronze Age. Dating to the second millennium BC, such barrows served as burial places, frequently containing cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods that provide archaeological evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and social hierarchy. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork on Tilshead Down, an area of considerable archaeological density containing numerous Bronze Age monuments that demonstrate the significance of this landscape for ritual and commemorative purposes during prehistory.
Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019327. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downland of north-central Wiltshire, approximately 950 metres north-west of Copehill Plantation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019327.
Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation 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 1019327.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle) (6.6 km), Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle (7 km), Group of barrows near Field Barn (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation'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 Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.