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Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow is a simple mounded earthwork of characteristic bowl form, a common burial structure dating to the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as the final resting places for individuals of status within their communities. The site represents an important element of the prehistoric funerary landscape of Wiltshire, a county notable for its concentration of Bronze Age barrows and other ritual monuments. Like many such barrows in the region, it survives as a grass-covered mound and forms part of the archaeological record documenting Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in southern England.
Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013756. View the official record →
Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013756.
Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore 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 1013756.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.2 km), Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert (4.3 km), Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm (5.6 km).
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