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Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England. The site forms part of a dispersed group of round barrows characteristic of the prehistoric burial landscape of the Wiltshire Downs. The monument consists of an earthen mound of bowl form, a common barrow type dating to the later Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents significant archaeological evidence of the ritual and funerary practices of prehistoric communities 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 1009648. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009648.
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 1009648.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.2 km), Ogbury camp (9.3 km), Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.5 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.