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Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire near the Stonehenge landscape. The site comprises four distinct bowl barrows, the most basic and widespread form of Bronze Age burial mound, which typically date to the earlier second millennium BC. These monuments represent the burial practices of the Bronze Age communities that inhabited this densely occupied ritual and ceremonial landscape. The barrows' position north of the modern A303 road places them within the wider Stonehenge complex of prehistoric monuments, contributing to our understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and the settlement patterns of Wiltshire's ancient populations.
Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012394. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire near the Stonehenge landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012394.
Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge 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 1012394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient cultivation terraces (5.3 km), Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (6 km), Newton Barrow (6.2 km).
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