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Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Milston-Bulford Down in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a Bronze Age burial complex in this archaeologically significant landscape. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, when such earthworks served as the focal points for inhumation and cremation burials. Milston-Bulford Down contains multiple barrows of this period, reflecting the concentrated use of the downland for ceremonial burial purposes during the second millennium before the Common Era. The barrow remains an important example of the round barrow tradition that dominated burial practice across southern England during the Bronze Age.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009470. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Milston-Bulford Down in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a Bronze Age burial complex in this archaeologically significant landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009470.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down 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 1009470.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gomeldon deserted village (9.4 km), Horse Barrow (9.8 km), Two bowl barrows 265m south of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.