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Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant Bronze Age burial group in the landscape. The monument is characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial mound type of the Bronze Age period, defined by their distinctive rounded dome shape. As one of multiple barrows clustered on Silk Hill, it contributes to the archaeological importance of this area as a concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments. The site is protected as a designated heritage asset under the National Heritage List for England.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009464. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant Bronze Age burial group in the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009464.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill 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 1009464.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.3 km), Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.6 km), Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.6 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 Silk Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.