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Bowl Barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round barrow forming part of the significant barrow cemetery situated south of Codford Down in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a circular mound with characteristic bowl-shaped profile, typical of burial mounds constructed during the third and second millennia before the common era across southern England. The barrow represents an important element within the broader ceremonial landscape of the Codford Down cemetery, which contains multiple burial monuments reflecting patterns of prehistoric funerary practice and social organization. As a scheduled ancient monument, Bowl Barrow contributes to archaeological understanding of early burial rites and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
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 Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round barrow forming part of the significant barrow cemetery situated south of 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl Barrow, part of the round barrow cemetery south of Codford Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl Barrow, part of the round barrow cemetery south of Codford Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.