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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a dispersed group of five barrows situated adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a prevalent form of funerary monument across southern England during the Bronze Age. This particular example represents the burial practices of prehistoric communities in the Wiltshire downlands and contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the region. The barrow group's positioning along an ancient trackway suggests its location held significance within the broader landscape and communication networks of Bronze Age Wiltshire.
Bowl barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009816. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a dispersed group of five barrows situated adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009816.
Bowl barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track 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 1009816.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sherrington Castle mound: motte castle east of Sherrington Manor (9.4 km), Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 350m west of Mount Pleasant (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track'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: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.