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King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill

England
List entry 1012375
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012375
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.22 hectares
Grid reference
SU 13548 41393
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

King Barrow is a bowl barrow situated on Coneybury Hill near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period and represents a form of funerary monument characteristic of prehistoric ritual and burial practices in southern Britain. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, though its precise dimensions and archaeological history reflect the typical morphology of bowl barrows in the region. Coneybury Hill contains multiple barrow monuments, indicating its significance as a prehistoric burial ground or ritual landscape during the third and second millennia before the Common Era.

King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012375. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill?

King Barrow is a bowl barrow situated on Coneybury Hill near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012375.

Who is responsible for protecting King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill?

King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury 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 1012375.

What other scheduled monuments are near King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (7.7 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (7.8 km), Horse Barrow (7.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

'Ende Burgh' long barrow
7.7 km
A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner
7.8 km
Horse Barrow
7.9 km
Group of barrows on North Hill Down
8 km
Old Sarum
8.7 km
Figsbury Ring
9.2 km
Romano-British settlement at Stratford sub Castle
9.8 km
Heath Wood earthwork
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill

King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~1 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~5.3 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~16.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~17 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.6 miles
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