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Bowl Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow forming part of the extensive barrow cemetery on Codford Down in Wiltshire. The monument takes the form of a low, circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, which represent one of the most common burial mound types of the Bronze Age period. It dates to approximately the second millennium before Christ and would have originally served as a funerary monument for one or more burials, possibly accompanied by grave goods. The barrow cemetery of which it forms a part represents significant archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Wiltshire chalklands.
Bowl Barrow, part of the round barrow cemetery south of Codford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016557. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow forming part of the extensive barrow cemetery on Codford Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016557.
Bowl Barrow, part of the round barrow cemetery south of Codford 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 1016557.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood (6.8 km), Field system on Wylye Down (7.2 km), Bilbury Rings (7.3 km).
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