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Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire, approximately 160 metres south-east of The Rifle and Pistol Club. The monument comprises a simple earthwork of hemispherical form typical of bowl barrows, which represent one of the most common burial mound types of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows frequently contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods including pottery and metalwork that reflect the social status of the deceased. The site's survival within the airfield boundary demonstrates the archaeological significance of the Boscombe Down landscape, which contains numerous prehistoric monuments indicative of sustained activity and settlement during the Bronze Age.
Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015219. View the official record →
Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Wiltshire, approximately 160 metres south-east of The Rifle and Pistol Club. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015219.
Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club 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 1015219.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (6.6 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (6.6 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club'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 within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.