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Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located west of Brigmerston Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It forms part of a group of four round barrows in this locality, which represents a characteristic clustering of funerary monuments typical of prehistoric burial practices on the Salisbury Plain. The barrow takes its name from its bowl-shaped profile, a form commonly associated with Bronze Age construction. The monument survives as an earthwork and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1009727.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009727. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located west of Brigmerston Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009727.
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 1009727.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport (8.9 km), Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport (9.4 km), Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (9.5 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.