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Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument located on the chalk downland of north-west Wiltshire, situated north-west of Chaddenwick Hill. The site comprises a bowl barrow, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age, associated with an adjacent enclosure of uncertain chronological relationship. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, whilst the enclosure is defined by a ditch and bank formation typical of prehistoric defensive or ceremonial boundaries. Together these features represent the archaeological record of ritual and burial practice within the Wessex Bronze Age cultural landscape.
Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down, north west of Chaddenwick Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017699. View the official record →
Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument located on the chalk downland of north-west Wiltshire, situated north-west of Chaddenwick Hill. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017699.
Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down, north west of Chaddenwick Hill 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 1017699.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (2.4 km), Mere Castle (3.7 km), Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle (3.9 km).
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