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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located south of Bulford in Wiltshire, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery in this region of Salisbury Plain. The monument comprises a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which represents one of the most common forms of round barrow construction during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained single or multiple inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and material culture of their period. The barrow group to which this example belongs demonstrates the intensive funerary use of the Bulford area during the Bronze Age, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices on Salisbury Plain.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009931. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located south of Bulford in Wiltshire, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery in this region of Salisbury Plain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009931.
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 1009931.
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:
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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.