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Bowl barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant group of round barrows in the area. The monument dates to the Bronze Age, when such earthworks served as communal or individual burial places. The barrow displays the characteristic morphology of its type, with a rounded mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed burial or burials. As one of several barrows clustered on this hilltop location, it contributes to an important archaeological landscape that reflects Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in Wiltshire.
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 prehistoric burial mound located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England, forming part of a significant group of round barrows in the area. 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).
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.