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Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located south-west of Sun Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It is one of three round barrows in this group and takes its name from its characteristic bowl-shaped mound form, a common burial monument type of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The barrow represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire landscape. As a designated heritage monument, it contributes to our understanding of ritual and social organisation during the third and second millennia before the common era.
Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010058. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located south-west of Sun Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010058.
Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation 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 1010058.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow cemetery 730m north of Hampshire Gap (9.2 km), Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 780m NNE of Hampshire Gap (9.3 km).
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