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Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood

England
List entry 1009832
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009832
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SU 21074 46524
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round barrow situated within Milston Down Wood near Milston in Wiltshire. It forms part of a significant cluster of eight barrows on this downland location, representing a concentrated area of prehistoric burial activity. The monument takes the form of a low earthen mound with a bowl-shaped profile, characteristic of round barrows of this period. As a scheduled monument, it is one of several such burial mounds in this woodland setting that testify to the importance of the Milston Down locality during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.

Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009832. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood?

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round barrow situated within Milston Down Wood near Milston in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009832.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood?

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 1009832.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump (8.9 km), Long barrow and adjoining bowl barrow, 250m south of Martin's Clump (9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill
8.6 km
Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump
8.9 km
Long barrow and adjoining bowl barrow, 250m south of Martin's Clump
9 km
Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.3 km
Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.4 km
Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.5 km
Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East
9.5 km
Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood

Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.1 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~9.7 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~14.2 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~14.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.9 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~19.2 miles
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