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Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down

England
List entry 1009640
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009640
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SU 20133 45255
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Milston-Bulford Down in Wiltshire, England. It is part of a group of Bronze Age burial mounds situated on the downland landscape characteristic of the Salisbury Plain region. The monument takes its name from its distinctive bowl-shaped profile, a common form among round barrows of the second millennium before Christ. As a funerary monument of this period, it represents the burial practices and ceremonial landscape of early Bronze Age communities in central southern England.

Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009640. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down?

Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Milston-Bulford Down in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009640.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down?

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 1009640.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.3 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

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
9.3 km
Gomeldon deserted village
9.7 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
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 260m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
9.9 km
Horse Barrow
10 km
Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down

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.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~5.2 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~8.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~14.9 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~15 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.1 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~20.1 miles
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