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Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom

England
List entry 1009660
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009660
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 19405 47731
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a round barrow of Bronze Age date situated within the barrow cemetery of Bourne Bottom in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound with a characteristic bowl-shaped profile, a form typical of barrows constructed during the early Bronze Age for the burial of high-status individuals. As part of a larger group of barrows in the locality, it contributes to archaeological understanding of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Wessex region. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the designation NHLE 1009660.

Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009660. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom?

Bowl barrow is a round barrow of Bronze Age date situated within the barrow cemetery of Bourne Bottom in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009660.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom?

Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom 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 1009660.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport (9 km), Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (9.5 km), Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation (9.6 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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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport
9 km
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
9.5 km
Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation
9.6 km
Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction
9.6 km
Flint mines, linear boundary and two bowl barrows at Martin's Clump, Porton Down
10.3 km
Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill
10.3 km
Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House
10.7 km
Ogbury camp
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom

Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows in Bourne Bottom 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 round barrows in Bourne Bottom

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~5.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~9.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~13.4 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~13.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.6 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~19.6 miles
Domesday entry for Brigmerston, Wiltshire →
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