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Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary form of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows typically comprised a central burial chamber beneath a mound of earth and stone, serving as communal or individual burial sites for prehistoric communities. This example survives as an archaeological feature within the woodland setting of Luxenborough Plantation, contributing to the wider Bronze Age burial landscape of Wiltshire.
Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012587. View the official record →
Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012587.
Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation 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 1012587.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (6.4 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8 km), Group of barrows on North Hill Down (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation'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 Luxenborough Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.