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Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down

England
List entry 1009749
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009749
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
ST 89704 50019
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow situated on Four Hundred Down in Wiltshire. It forms part of a small barrow group comprising three burial mounds on this chalk downland location. The monument takes its characteristic form from its simple hemispherical mound, typical of bowl barrows constructed during the prehistoric period to mark elite burials. Such monuments represent significant evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in Wessex, and this example contributes to understanding the distribution and use of burial sites across the Wiltshire downs.

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009749. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down?

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow situated on Four Hundred Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009749.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down?

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down 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 1009749.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Robin Hood's Bower earthwork enclosure in Southleigh Wood (8 km), Henge monument 350m north-east of Long Ivor Farm (8.2 km), Bowl barrow 130m south-west of North End Farm (8.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Robin Hood's Bower earthwork enclosure in Southleigh Wood
8 km
Henge monument 350m north-east of Long Ivor Farm
8.2 km
Bowl barrow 130m south-west of North End Farm
8.3 km
Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm
8.6 km
Bell barrow 350m north of Haydon Farm
8.7 km
The Knoll: a bell barrow 300m west of Manor Farm
8.8 km
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve
8.8 km
Iron Age settlement on Cow Down, 990m north west of Haycombe Hill Farm
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down

BathRoman town · ~12.9 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~14.8 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~16.7 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~17 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.8 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.4 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16.6 miles
Domesday entry for Westbury, Wiltshire →
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