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Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire, England. The monument is designated as a scheduled ancient monument and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under reference 1010149. Like other bowl barrows of its type, it would have served as a burial site during the Bronze Age period, representing an important class of funerary monument that characterises Bronze Age ceremonial and burial practices across southern England. The site's preservation within Round Down Copse demonstrates the value of woodland settings in maintaining archaeological features of this age and significance.
Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010149. View the official record →
Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010149.
Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse 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 1010149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow: one of a group of eight round barrows in Milston Down Wood (8.9 km), Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows west of The Belt (8.9 km), Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse'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, Round Down Copse stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.