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Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation, is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a round mound of earth and stone characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common form of funerary monument in prehistoric Britain. Located within a landscape rich in burial earthworks, this barrow forms part of a wider distribution of such monuments in the region, reflecting patterns of burial practice and settlement over several centuries of prehistory. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and remains an important evidence for understanding ceremonial practices and territorial organisation in Wiltshire during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009830. View the official record →
Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation, 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 1009830.
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 1009830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning (7.5 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn (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.