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Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp Down is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a simple mounded earthwork of characteristic bowl-shaped form, typical of funerary structures constructed during the prehistoric period in southern England. Such barrows served as repositories for the dead and frequently contained inhumation burials, though the specific contents of this example are not definitively recorded in available archaeological documentation. The site remains a testament to prehistoric burial practices and the ritual landscape of ancient Wiltshire.
Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009799. View the official record →
Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp Down is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009799.
Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp 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 1009799.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 880m north east of Field Barn Farm (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 560m north east of Lord's Hill Farm (8.7 km), Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp 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 south-west of Knapp Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.