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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a group of round barrows situated on Silk Hill in Wiltshire. The monument is characterised by its distinctive bowl-shaped mound, a common funerary form of the Bronze Age period, typically dating from the second millennium before the present. As one of several barrows on this site, it represents the concentrated ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in the Wiltshire landscape. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument and contributes to the archaeological significance of the Silk Hill barrow cemetery.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009728. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a group of round barrows situated on Silk Hill in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009728.
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 1009728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House (9.6 km), Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House (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.