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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a significant barrow cemetery located south of Bulford in Wiltshire. The monument belongs to a substantial group of round barrows distributed across the downland landscape, representing funerary practices and settlement patterns characteristic of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this type are distinguished by their simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork profile, typically constructed over inhumed or cremated remains with associated grave goods. The Bulford group contributes to the archaeological importance of the broader Stonehenge landscape, an area of exceptional Bronze Age ceremonial and burial significance.
Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows south of Bulford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009969. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a significant barrow cemetery located south of Bulford in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009969.
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 1009969.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (7.8 km), Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.7 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.7 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.