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Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant group of Bronze Age funerary monuments in the landscape. The barrow takes its name from its characteristic bowl-shaped mound form, a standard burial monument type of the second and early first millennia before the common era. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire chalk downlands. The site contributes to the wider archaeological interest of the Silk Hill complex, which demonstrates the concentration of barrow groups typical of Bronze Age ceremonial and mortuary activity in southern England.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009501. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a round barrow located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant group of Bronze Age funerary monuments in the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009501.
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 1009501.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.4 km), Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.8 km), Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.8 km).
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