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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located within Milston Down Wood near Milston in Wiltshire. It forms part of a group of eight round barrows that occupy this wooded location, representing a concentrated cemetery of burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The barrow is of the bowl type, a common form of round barrow distinguished by its simple hemispherical or dome-shaped mound with a surrounding ditch. This group of barrows is indicative of Bronze Age burial practices in the Wiltshire chalk downlands, an area rich in such prehistoric funerary monuments.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009468. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located within Milston Down Wood near Milston in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009468.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood 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 1009468.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction (8 km), Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump (9 km).
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