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Bulford Bowl Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located south of Bulford in Wiltshire. The barrow forms part of a dispersed group of round mounds scattered across this chalk downland landscape, a characteristic pattern of funerary monuments from these prehistoric periods. The site sits upon white chalk bedrock of the Maastrichtian period, the pale, friable stone that underlies much of the Wiltshire chalk country and which Bronze Age communities would have known intimately.
The bowl barrow takes its name from its characteristic shape—a rounded mound with a gentle, bowl-like profile rather than the steeper sides of certain other barrow types. Such monuments typically cover individual burials, though the specific deposits within this example are not recorded in available sources. The scheduled area encompasses 0.1 hectares, protecting the mound and its immediate archaeological context.
The barrow is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England (reference 1009545), recognising its significance as part of Wiltshire's rich prehistoric heritage. Its survival among the group south of Bulford reflects the enduring character of this chalk downland, where Bronze Age funerary monuments remain prominent landscape features after more than three millennia.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009545. View the official record →
Bulford Bowl Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located south of Bulford in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009545.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford 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 1009545.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.8 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.8 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.9 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 south of Bulford'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 south of Bulford stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.