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Bowl barrow is a round barrow located west of Brigmerston Plantation in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a group of four Bronze Age burial mounds in the locality. The monument takes its name from its characteristic hemispherical or bowl-shaped mound profile, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire landscape. The barrow group's presence reflects the importance of this area during the Bronze Age period for ritual and commemorative purposes.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009657. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a round barrow located west of Brigmerston Plantation in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a group of four Bronze Age burial mounds in the locality. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009657.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston 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 1009657.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport (8.8 km), Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport (9.3 km), Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.