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Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt

England
List entry 1009550
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009550
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
SU 21565 46530
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located west of The Belt in Wiltshire, England. It is one of three round barrows forming a small cemetery group in this landscape, representing the burial practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period. The barrow exhibits the characteristic bowl-shaped earthwork typical of this monument class, a form that became widespread across southern England during the second millennium before Christ. Such barrows served as burial mounds for individuals of social standing and remain significant archaeological features for understanding settlement patterns and ritual practices in prehistoric Wiltshire.

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009550. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt?

Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located west of The Belt in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009550.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt?

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt 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 1009550.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (8.5 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump (8.7 km), Long barrow and adjoining bowl barrow, 250m south of Martin's Clump (8.8 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill
8.5 km
Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump
8.7 km
Long barrow and adjoining bowl barrow, 250m south of Martin's Clump
8.8 km
Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.3 km
Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.4 km
Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East
9.4 km
Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
9.4 km
Long barrow 500m west of Croft Farm
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt

Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt 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 west of The Belt

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.4 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~9.8 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~14.2 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~14.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.1 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~19 miles
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