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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located west of The Belt in Wiltshire, England. It belongs to a group of three round barrows situated in this locality, characteristic of the dispersed burial landscape established across southern England during the Bronze Age period. The monument takes its form from the distinctive bowl-shaped mound constructed over a central burial deposit, representing a funerary practice widespread in Britain from approximately 2200 to 700 BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in Wiltshire.
Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009637. View the official record →
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 1009637.
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 1009637.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Martin's Clump (8.8 km).
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