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Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation

England
List entry 1010058
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010058
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 20757 49314
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located south-west of Sun Plantation in Wiltshire, England. The monument forms part of a group of three round barrows in this locality, representing the funerary practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period. As a bowl barrow, it exhibits the characteristic shallow, saucer-like profile typical of this barrow form, which commonly contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under designation reference 1010058.

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 →

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What is Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation?

Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located south-west of Sun Plantation in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010058.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation?

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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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' Mess
9.9 km
Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
10.4 km
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
10.4 km
Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport
10.4 km
Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows south-west of Sun Plantation 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 south-west of Sun Plantation

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.9 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~11.2 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~12.5 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~12.9 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.6 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~18.3 miles
Domesday entry for Tidworth, Wiltshire →
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