Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down

Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down

England
List entry 1011048
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011048
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.42 hectares
Grid reference
SU 09751 41408, SU 09755 41369
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Winterbourne Stoke Down Bronze Age Enclosure and Bowl Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument located on Winterbourne Stoke Down in Wiltshire, situated approximately one hundred metres west of Longbarrow Cross Roads. The site comprises a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date associated with a contemporary enclosure, representing a form of burial practice characteristic of the early to middle Bronze Age period. The bowl barrow itself is a substantial earthwork mound, the most common barrow type of the Bronze Age, constructed to mark the burial or burials of individuals of status within the community. The enclosure surrounding or adjacent to the barrow suggests a degree of ritual significance and territorial demarcation, typical of Bronze Age funerary complexes in the Wiltshire chalk landscape.

Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011048. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down?

Winterbourne Stoke Down Bronze Age Enclosure and Bowl Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument located on Winterbourne Stoke Down in Wiltshire, situated approximately one hundred metres west of Longbarrow Cross Roads. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011048.

Who is responsible for protecting Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down?

Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke 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 1011048.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (5.7 km), Newton Barrow (5.8 km), Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood (7.4 km).

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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down

Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.