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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located south-east of Norton Plantation in Wiltshire, England. The monument forms part of a dispersed group of barrows characteristic of the funerary landscape of the second and first millennia BC in this region. The structure exhibits the typical morphology of a bowl barrow, comprising a circular mound of earth constructed over a central grave or cremation deposit. Such monuments are important archaeological features that contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in Wessex.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009829. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located south-east of Norton Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009829.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton 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 1009829.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning (7.4 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton 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: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.