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Bowl Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated near the Imber-Warminster track in Wiltshire, forming part of a dispersed group of five barrows in the locality. The monument exhibits the characteristic dome-shaped profile typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form across southern England during the prehistoric period. Its presence within a barrow group reflects patterns of burial practice and land use in ancient Wiltshire, indicating sustained ritual and mortuary activity in this area over an extended period. The barrow remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
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 1009818. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated near the Imber-Warminster track in Wiltshire, forming part of a dispersed group of five barrows in the locality. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009818.
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 1009818.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corton long barrow (8.3 km), Sherrington Castle mound: motte castle east of Sherrington Manor (9.5 km), Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place (9.7 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.