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Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Silk Hill in Wiltshire, England. It is one of a notable group of round barrows at this location and takes its name from its characteristic bowl-shaped profile. The barrow forms part of the wider landscape of prehistoric burial monuments that characterises the Wiltshire downs, reflecting the importance of this region during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Such bowl barrows typically contained inhumed or cremated remains and served as focal points for ritual activity and the commemoration of the dead within their respective communities.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009691. 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 1009691.
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 1009691.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.1 km), Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.4 km), Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.4 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.